both large-scale land users with conflicting land value systems – increased considerably as the colony grew.

The colony gained much political and strategic importance after the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869 and the increased traffic on the Red Sea route to India

The colony reached its largest population in the 1840 – 50s, after which an economic downturn increased emigration and the population dropped, a trend that continued until after the islands ' purchase by the United States.

" Agitation among the Dutch merchants was further increased by George Ayscue's capture in early 1652 of 27 Dutch ships trading with the royalist colony of Barbados in contravention of an embargo imposed by the Commonwealth.

The area that became Duval County was home to the 16th-century French colony of Fort Caroline, and saw increased European settlement in the 18th century with the establishment of Cowford, later renamed Jacksonville.

The number of colonists greatly increased, and, by 1720, Canada had become a self-sufficient colony with a population of 24, 594 people.

Largely as a result of the costly military expeditions against the Maya, the expenses of administering the new colony of British Honduras increased, at a time when the economy was severely depressed.

Agitation among the Dutch merchants had been further increased by George Ayscue's capture in early 1652 of 27 Dutch ships trading with the royalist colony of Barbados in contravention of an embargo.

During his governorship the resources of the colony had increased with the opening of the copper mines in Little Namaqualand, the mohair wool industry had been established and Natal made a separate colony.

The end of the war gave the opportunity for increased participation by Africans in the affairs of the colony.

While the previous games had incorporated elements of speed and survival chance ( a player could build fewer parts and thus launch sooner, although at increased risk of it not making it to Alpha Centauri ), the game is won immediately once the colony ship is launched, the ultimate success of the colony either being assumed or irrelevant.

The community started out as a summer resort colony, but with the increased popularity of skiing, it became a year-round settlement.

The new colony can experience an increase in the frequency of recessive alleles as well, and as a result, an increased number who are homozygous for certain recessive traits.

The Dutch colony of New Netherland was feeling increased pressure from the rising number of English colonists.

Since 1708, the majority of the population of the South Carolina colony were slaves, as importation had increased in recent decades with the expansion of cotton and rice cultivation ; this was what was called the Plantation Generation by the historian Ira Berlin.

London's access to high quality furs was greatly increased with the capture of New Amsterdam, whereupon the fur trade of that colony ( now called New York ) fell into English hands.

Difficulties in the city and colony were increased by the Quartering Act, which required the colonists to provide housing and support to the British troops.

The Hebrew colony, which was attracted by the establishment of their national worship at Leontopolis, and which was increased by the refugees from the oppressions of the Seleucid kings in Palestine, flourished there for more than three centuries afterwards.

Between this time and the Revolutionary War the Jewish community in this colony increased by slow stages, the principal immigrants coming from Spain, Portugal, and the West Indies.

They conjecture a similar cause of increased bee colony losses reported in other European countries, such as those experienced in France since end of the 1990s and in Germany in 2002 and 2003.

Gawler increased public expenditure to prevent an economic collapse, which resulted in bankruptcy and later, changes to the way the colony was run ( see South Australia Act, 1842 ).

In 1823, gambling was briefly legalized in the then-British colony of Singapore, but the experiment led to gambling addiction and increased crime, and gambling was criminalized again within three years.

This single colony, roughly the size of Maryland or Belgium, produced more sugar and coffee than all of Britain's West Indian colonies combined.

Due to their diminutive size and the introduction of new predators, some colonies have been reduced in size by as much as 98 % in just a few years, such as the small colony on Middle Island, near Warrnambool, Victoria, which was reduced from 5000 penguins to 100.

McKean proposed the voting procedure that the Continental Congress later adopted: that each colony, regardless of size or population, have one vote.

Each frontier station was forced to be self-supporting, as existing means of supply were inadequate to maintain a colony of any size.

Despite its small size, the town's scenic location on a headland surrounded by the Pacific Ocean has made it extremely popular as an artist colony and with vacationers.

By contract, all the land in the colony () was bought and sold at cost, with being the maximum allowable lot size.

Over time the colony grew in size and eventually was large enough to be secure from the Iroquois threat.

The Urwelt-Museum Hauff houses the world's largest petrified crinoid ( sea-lily ) colony with a size of and an age of about 180 million years.

A colony size of less than 10 nests is typical, but there are records of colonies with thousands of nests.

This is due to a number of factors including the small physical size of the nest cavity, the responsibility of a single female for the initial construction and reproduction that happens within the nest, and the restriction of the colony to a single season ( in most species ).

The size of these colonies may be large, ranging between 5 – 500 nests per colony, with an average of approximately 160 nests per colony.

This single colony, roughly the size of Maryland or Belgium, produced more sugar and coffee than all of the British West Indies colonies combined.

Examples of mechanical controls include drone brood sacrifice ( varroa mites are preferentially attracted to the drone brood ), powdered sugar dusting ( which encourages cleaning behavior and dislodges some mites ), screened bottom boards ( so any dislodged mites fall through the bottom and away from the colony ), brood interruption and, perhaps, downsizing of the brood cell size.

As the colony size grows, new combs are added, and an envelope is built around the cell layers until the nest is entirely covered with the exception of an entry hole.

At the peak of its population, the colony can reach a size of 700 workers, which occurs in late summer.

Both Common and Mew Gulls breed colonially near water or in marshes, making a lined nest on the ground or in a small tree ; colony size varies from 2 to 320 or even more pairs.

The huge size of Brazil led to the colony being divided into two Estados ( states ) after 1621, when King Philip II created the Estado do Brasil, the most important colony with Salvador as capital, and the Estado do Maranhão, with capital in São Luís.

Jackals, foxes, wolves, dogs and lynxes are also regular nest predators when water levels are low and White-tailed Eagles may attack pelicans at the colony to at least the size of fledgings.

The colony then expands rapidly, reaching a maximum size of 4, 000 to 5, 000 workers and a nest of 10, 000 to 15, 000 cells in late summer.

According to the Egyptian Greek geographer Ptolemy, the Phoenicians had founded here a colony named Saduce, but the Romans are the most likey to have founded the current town, as shown by findings of edifices and a necropolis ( from whose size it has been deduced that the settlement had around 2, 000 inhabitants ).

A new independently derived social spider with explosive colony proliferation and a female size dimorphism.