During the right season, the new colony will produce several new jellyfish - and so the rise of the immortal begins.

Single colonies of bees occasionally produce some spectacular crops.

An internal colony supposedly produces wealth for the benefit of those areas most closely associated with the state, usually the capital area.

This massive cash requirement has forced leadership to re-evaluate how a colony can produce the necessary funds.

Not all colonies produce males and bisexual and parthenogenetic populations are known.

In some years large colonies do not produce a fertile brood.

However, southern European colonies produce more broods as a result of longer breeding seasons.

Since then, this colony and all the others that I have kept close tabs on have produced few or no kits.

Bigger colonies do not necessarily produce a greater total reproductive biomass.

Generally, a weak bee colony will not swarm until the colony has produced a larger population of bees.