By the 1770s, thirteen British colonies contained two and a half million people.

It is also possible that blue colonies may contain the insert.

Each colony contains 1,200 to 2,500 individuals, including 10-20 queens.

It has been shown that colonies contain over 300 individuals, but only one reproductive female.

When Smith left, the expanding colony contained 507 members; six terrible months later only 61 remained.

The colonies usually contain 8 to 32 cells, with examples of 4, 64 or 128 occurring rarely.

In some instances colonies may contain more than one species of bee-eater.

Each colony can contain over 20 million individuals.

A typical colony may contain as many as 60,000 worker bees.

Yellow jackets are social hunters living in colonies containing workers, queens, and males.