colonies

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The mites now wreak havoc on American bee colonies by feeding on the insects and spreading a wing-deforming virus.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

That’s not the kind of thing you’d expect in a Constitution, but it was how King George controlled the judiciary in what became the United States and the colonies.

From Slate • May 12, 2026

For many younger Kenyans, France is associated as much with retail, fashion and food as it is with geopolitics - a stark contrast with the sentiment in many of its former colonies.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

Most historians are concentrating on the birth itself, when 13 disparate colonies along the east coast of North America declared their intention to separate from Great Britain.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

Alliances formed and broke over and over again; new territorial disputes erupted over colonies, and countries struggled to dominate trade to and from the New World.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife