The Disaster Chic crowd has one less Potentially World-Ending Threat to worry about as the Bee Die-Off didn’t happen as predicted and instead there’s a glut of them in California now. (Economics rather than nature appears to be the reason for the population fluctuation.)
Sue just inquired as to why Polizeros sometimes mocks doomongers while simultaneously posting about apocalyptic worldwide financial dysfunction. Well, my belief is we will be seriously screwed for a bit but will muddle through anyway.
It’s not obvious that the article you’re citing supports the certainty of your post.
We’ve seen a lot of explanations for CCD. I’d wait and see.