A collection object is usually created by calling [[Database::getCollection()]] or [[Connection::getCollection()]].
Collection provides the basic interface for the Mongo queries, mostly: insert, update, delete operations.
For example:
php
$collection = Yii::$app->mongodb->getCollection('customer');
$collection->insert(['name' => 'John Smith', 'status' => 1]);
Collection also provides shortcut for Command methods, such as Collection::group, Collection::mapReduce and so on.
To perform "find" queries, please use Query instead.