The colony still exists as part of San Pedro.
"There's been no history of clandestine political opposition in all the time this colony has existed."
Though the colony officially existed only between 1609 and 1674, the descendants of the original settlers played a prominent role in colonial America.
Other studies have found that the total density of animal life, apart from prairie dogs, is higher where colonies exist.
The colonies only exist for a single season, as the queens are the only to last overwinter.
In areas where many colonies exist, linked trails can allow a super colony to form.
I'd have checked before if I'd known the colony existed.
Generally the colonies only exist for a few weeks each year as many of the participants work on an academic calendar.
They did not add up to a proof that the colonies no longer existed.
The White House has said that 60 self-sustaining colonies of cells, or lines, exist.