Sentences with phrase «together as a colony»

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Having undertaken, for the Glory of God, and advancements of the Christian faith and honor of our King and Country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the Northern parts of Virg = inia, do by these presents, solemnly and mutually, in the presence of God, and one another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic; for our better ordering, and preservation and furtherance of the ends aforesaid; and by virtue hereof to enact, and frame, such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the colony; unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.

The insect also likes a party: In late winter or early spring, these bugs sometimes form huge colonies, as wide as a yard, with millions of individuals migrating together like a superorganism, devouring the algae that grow on wet, decomposing leaf litter in the melting snow, Schulz explains.

Sylvia Cremer explains where this similarity may come from: «Ants in a colony work together like the cells in a body, and colonies are sometimes even referred to as «superorganisms».

The colonies of most ant species, including the harvester, are social, cooperative, seamless organisms, differing from what we think of as an individual organism only in that «they're not stuck together,» as Tschinkel puts it.

colony A group of organisms that live close together or share a home (such as a hive or other nest site).

Residents are also disturbed by the number of ferals that sometimes congregate together in family or social groups known as «colonies».

«Since the colony was able to stay together,» she says, «they also have the comfort of being with old friends as they start their happy, new lives.»

For example, many of the minor enemies are no longer scattered randomly around the world, as many now live together in colonies.

GdG: The book is about termite colonies and intercommunication within the colony, presenting the idea that all of the termites in the colony work together as a collective organism.

Neonicotinoids exhibit a toxicity that can be amplified by various other agrochemicals and they synergistically reinforce infectious agents such as Nosema ceranae which together can produce colony collapse.