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

The decrees, the first of which were written under Louis XIV, ruled over the lives of enslaved people in the colonies.

From Barron's • May 28, 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

He was beginning to see the disparate colonies as a nation, as his nation.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 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