When seed production does occur, the colony usually dies afterwards.

Left the colony inside him to die beneath the deer-stand in the old maple as the body grew cold.

How the colony came near starving, and how many had died.

The colony would then dwindle and die, or be re-absorbed to the human mainstream.

On one planet a colony had put up a heroic resistance and died to the last man.

They also feed on bees, but their colonies only last for a year, they die in winter.

In spite of their labor the bees perish and the entire colony dies.

I even accept the statement that the colony will die.

"For another six months, until the colonies die, I will be considerably faster than an unaugmented human."

If you died, the colony would die, and so to save their lives you continue a life not worth living.