Professor Ho Kai-kuang of the National Taiwan University Graduate Institute of Entomology explains that the term "CCD" refers to where a bee colony loses its normal characteristics and structure due to external influences.
台大昆蟲所名譽教授何鎧光為文表示，「CCD」現象是指蜜蜂因為受到外來因素干擾而失去原有的特性與構造。