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(informal) The widespread incidence of colony collapse disorder, feared to portend a coming mass extinction of honeybees..
Now, a new study has pinpointed some of the probable causes of bee deaths and the rather scary results show that averting beemageddon will be much more difficult than previously thought.
You've probably heard about Beemageddon. Over the past few years, colony collapse disorder – thought to be brought on by a pernicious combination of overwork, bad weather, pesticides and infestations of parasitic varroa mites – has been threatening to wipe out honeybees all over the world, and with them many of our food crops.
The harrowing mystery of CCD [colony collapse disorder] carried on for the next two years, spawning documentaries, reports from major news networks, magazine features, and various “Beemageddon” hoopla surrounding the bees' steady decline […]
Use beemageddon when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Beemageddon means (informal) The widespread incidence of colony collapse disorder, feared to portend a coming mass extinction of honeybees..
Common synonyms include beepocalypse.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Now, a new study has pinpointed some of the probable causes of bee deaths and the rather scary results show that averting beemageddon will be much more difficult than previously thought.
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