1. We found a colony of ants under the tree.
    我们发现树下有一群蚂蚁。

2. They were visited by a large colony of ants which obtained a sort of honey from them.
    蚜虫遭到一窝蚂蚁的攻击，蚂蚁从它们身上可以获得一种蜜。

3. At one time Nigeria was a British colony.
    过去，尼日利亚是英国的殖民地。

4. A colony of bees had turned the engine into a hive and it was totally preserved in beeswax!
    一群蜜蜂把发动机当作了蜂房，发动机在蜂蜡中被完整地保存了下来。

5. I had accepted a job at an artist's colony in the U.S.
    我已经接受了一份在美国一个艺术家聚居区的工作。