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

"It's also a trend that has been there for some time because France realises that it has to look for new markets, dynamic markets and looking beyond traditional former colonies of West and Central Africa."

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

Without inoculation, she said, the smallpox epidemic could easily have handed the colonies back to the British.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann