beemageddon

Definitions

The widespread incidence of colony collapse disorder, feared to portend a coming mass extinction of honeybees.

informal, uncountable

Examples

“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⟳ […]”

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