colonies
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That could have implications for beekeepers, growers and integrated-pest-management planners, particularly during periods when bees are actively foraging or colonies are expanding.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 22, 2026
Volunteers from the charity visit feral colonies across Leeds, providing food, water and shelters to keep them warm.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
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
Ant colonies have a strict division of labor that depends heavily on age.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026
So along with a rivalry to grab overseas colonies, Britain and Germany engaged in a costly competition to build bigger and better battleships.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
