colonies
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Because his bee boxes — the structures used to house his colonies — all burned, Teller’s costs will go up.
From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026
Among France's former colonies, Haiti -- the poorest country in the Caribbean -- stands out as having particularly suffered.
From Barron's • May 28, 2026
On Feb. 4, 1794, while the country was convulsed in the violent political struggle known as the Terror, the National Convention abolished slavery in all French colonies.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026
To investigate what happens after a queen is lost, researchers removed queens from established colonies and watched how the insects responded.
From Science Daily • May 26, 2026
By the mid-1670s, scalp hunting had become part of an organized system throughout the colonies.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
