### social colony:

Ant colony
* Ant colonies are apparently very long lived once they became established.
* Ant colonies are composed mostly of females
  - of queens, males, a I. workers
  - everywhere, and their scouts are always out looking for food sources
* Ant colonies are very common
  - organized groups
* Ant colonies can be long-lived
  - re-establish if the same conditions remain
* Ant colonies consist mostly of infertile workers
  - of males, females and workers
  - depend on the female of the species for their creation and their continued existence
  - embody all of the most important aspects of biological organisation
* Ant colonies have a weird reproductive method
  - live on one or more trees and feed on the nectar existing in the leaves of acacia
* Most ant colonies contain ants.
* Most ant colonies have ants
* Some ant colonies consist of ants
* Some ant colonies contain millions of workers, while others have only hundreds or dozens
  - have queens
+ Ant, Development and reproduction, Mating, The nuptial flight:
  * Ant colonies can be long-lived. Males, however, are more transitory, and survive only a few weeks. Ant queens are estimated to live 100 times longer than solitary insects of a similar size.

Australian colony
* Australian colonies can have two million termites.
* Some australian colonies contain termites.

Bacterial colony
* Bacterial colonies appear as fine granular bluish material within the inflamed area
  - shortly after the litter has been colonized by fungi
  - growing on a nutrient agar plate containing ampicillin are blue in color
* Most bacterial colonies appear white or a creamy yellow in colour, and are fairly circular in shape.
* Some bacterial colonies derive energy from soil sulfur compounds
  - enter growth

Bee colony
* Bee colonies have individuals.
* Most bee colonies have individuals.

Cockroach colony
* Cockroach colonies contain hosts.
* Most cockroach colonies contain hosts.

Coral colony
* Coral colonies grow as the polyps divide and multiply in a process known as budding
  - in many shapes and come in many colors
  - have crabs
  - require clear, nutrient-free, sunlit water to thrive
  - show swollen tissues, excessive production of mucus, and areas without tissue
* Most coral colonies have crabs.

Dense colony
* Dense colonies are present on apple in the spring and the autumn but never in the summer
  - arise vegetatively by spread of the rhizomes
  - develop in fine sand in quiet places on the reef, often under ledges
  - displace desirable vegetation and wildlife and can exclude livestock
* Dense colonies occur at the base of flower heads and on the leaves
  - on the underside of leaves, ants protecting colonies against natural enemies

Large colony
* Large colonies can only survive in healthy mangrove forests
  - develop from long, creeping rhizomes
  - occupy territory
* Most large colonies occupy territory.
* Some large colonies consist of treehoppers
  - have pairs
  - produce honey

Maternity colony
* Maternity colonies are similarly vulnerable as the young can be dropped
  - small, comprised of fewer than a dozen individuals
  - begin to disband in late summer and early fall
  - can consist of hundreds of females, although smaller colonies are more common
* Maternity colonies choose caves that have warm, stable temperatures to rear their pups
  - sites that have warm, stable temperatures for pup rearing
  - occur in horizontal rock crevices

Seabird colony
* Seabird colonies are highly variable.
* Some seabird colonies have stories.

Single colony
* Single colonies have members
  - originate presumably from single cells
* Some single colonies have fertile queens