colony collapse disorder Label

Colony collapse disorder (CCD) is the phenomenon that occurs when the majority of worker bees in a colony disappear and leave behind a queen, plenty of food and a few nurse bees to care for the remaining immature bees and the queen. While such disappearances have occurred throughout the history of apiculture, and were known by various names (disappearing disease, spring dwindle, May disease, autumn collapse, and fall dwindle disease), the syndrome was renamed colony collapse disorder in late 2006 in conjunction with a drastic rise in the number of disappearances of western honey bee (Apis mellifera) colonies in North America (Colony collapse disorder. (2017, November 12). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 15:57, November 14, 2017, from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Colony_collapse_disorder&oldid=809999137)