colony collapse disorder

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colony collapse disorder

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  1. uncountable A mysterious and widespread phenomenon of the sudden disappearance of colonies of bees. As many as a quarter of the nation's commercially kept bees went missing last year, presumed dead, in a phenomenon now called colony collapse disorder.

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noun apicultural phenomenon

中文蜂群崩潰失調病 /蜂群崩溃失调病 fēngqún bēngkuì shītiáo bìng
Françaissyndrome d'effondrement des colonies d'abeilles
Русскийсиндро́м разруше́ния пчели́ных семе́й sindróm razrušénija pčelínyx seméj

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@misc{colony_collapse_disorder_2026,
  title = {colony collapse disorder},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/colony%20collapse%20disorder},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}