colonies
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Wainwright has been searching for new English colonies since he started working for Butterfly Conservation in 2004.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Ant colonies have a strict division of labor that depends heavily on age.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026
Bumblebees are social, living in colonies that are maintained by very active workers with a relatively short lifespan of 4-6 weeks.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026
They point out that “solar farm” is a misnomer because the land — an alluvial plane with Yucca colonies dating back hundreds of years, creosote rhizomatic rings even longer — will be scraped and fenced.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
Germany, a latecomer to the race for overseas possessions, had only a few colonies in Africa and the Pacific.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
