Sentence examples for small colonies from inspiring English sources

a, b, Paint-marking did not disproportionately affect small colonies.

Skimmers nest in small colonies, laying three to five eggs.

Pairs nest in small colonies on islands or rocky coasts.

These ants have small colonies, and the queen's offspring don't work.

In fact, small colonies may sometimes rely on a single hyperactive overachiever.

"Only a dozen or so small colonies survived," Estes tells us.

Generally speaking, the microstructure with small colonies and thick α platelets gets relatively low yield strength.

Primitive termite families have small colonies containing hundreds to thousands of individuals.

Some even allow small colonies of prairie dogs, which many farmers exterminate as pests.

Now there are none, save for a few small colonies of one partly social species.

Several are usually seen in close proximity to one another, perhaps forming small colonies.