colony collapse disorder

noun

a pathological condition affecting a large number of honeybee colonies, in which various stresses may lead to the abrupt disappearance of worker bees from the hive, leaving only the queen and newly hatched bees behind and thus causing the colony to stop functioning. Abbreviation: CCD

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Origin of colony collapse disorder

First recorded in 2006

Words nearby colony collapse disorder

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