colonies
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France and Britain housed small communities from former colonies—an immigration pattern so mundane that 1960s France let citizens of former West African colonies fly into Paris without a passport.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
A Virginia Tech study found that glyphosate, a widely used herbicide, can interfere with honeybee foraging and may undermine the long-term stability of colonies.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026
Emily Burton, conservation manager, said: "Gannet populations have suffered significant declines, and many colonies are still recovering from the impacts of avian influenza."
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
Ant colonies have a strict division of labor that depends heavily on age.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026
As tensions intensified between the Spanish in Florida and the southern British colonies, both the Spanish and the British sought to win over the Cherokee Nation as an ally.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
