Preposition: of

• puffin: Along the coast you will discover major breeding colonies of puffins, guillemots, razorbills, terns and cormorants - among many other species.

• guillemot: You have a unique opportunity to see at close quarters a rare colony of black guillemots nesting in the harbor wall.

• bee: I found families of mice and a colony of bees and a cool, quiet place to rest and think.

• bat: This will the be the first time that any genetic analysis has been carried out on the Dorset colony of greater horseshoe bats.

Converse of object

• self-govern: We believe that people in self-governing Colonies will find greater security, prosperity and freedom by remaining part of the Commonwealth.

• found: The Morning Letter: With the movement of the Embassy to a new location, you are founding a new colony.

• nest: Here, there is a large cliff supporting an enormous nesting seabird colony.

Adjective modifier

• penal: Children were sent to the penal colonies for seven years for stealing a rabbit!

• former: The former colonies have to pay off massive debts to the Western banks, which keeps them stuck in terrible poverty.

• bacterial: For this reason, you should only examine, and sample, bacterial colonies which are well separated from their neighbors.

Noun used with modifier

• seabird: The area is also home to the only large seabird colonies on the eastern coast of Greenland.

• honeybee: In the event of honeybee treatments becoming POM, there is likely to be a reduction in honeybee colonies with economical and environmental costs.

• ant: It focuses on applying ant colony behavior to search the robot's configuration space.

• breeding: A breeding colony was established by a single pair in 1988.