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sean
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Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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 Posted: Wed Jun 17, 15 10:07 pm Post subject: Bees Contribute More to Economy than Royal Family |
 
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Hairyloon
Joined: 20 Nov 2008
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Location: Today I are mostly being in Yorkshire.
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| Posted: Thu Jun 18, 15 1:49 am Post subject: |
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| Bees contribute £651 million to the UK economy a year, £150 million more than the Royal Family brings in through tourism. |
They also sell newspapers... |
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Tavascarow
Joined: 06 Aug 2006
Posts: 8407
Location: South Cornwall
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| Posted: Thu Jun 18, 15 6:08 am Post subject: |
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IMHO 651 million is a conservative estimate.
It only takes into account the food bees pollinate that we put directly into our mouths.
How many hundreds of thousands tonnes of nitrates extra would farmers have to spread on the fields if bees didn't pollinate clover flowers?
As for the other Royal family I thought they cost us almost as much as they make.
Bees work for free. |
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henchard
Joined: 23 Aug 2012
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Location: Carmarthenshire
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| Posted: Thu Jun 18, 15 7:23 am Post subject: |
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The claim that the royal family bring in tourist revenue is untrue and irrelevant. Even VisitBritain, the national tourist agency, can't find any evidence for it.
The estimated total annual cost of the monarchy is £299.4m, around nine times the official figure published by the royal household
Perhaps a better headline would be
"Bees are hardworking creatures essential to the British economy unlike the Royal Family who are irrelevant (and who are Britain's biggest family of benefit claimants)." |
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vegplot
Joined: 19 Apr 2007
Posts: 21298
Location: Ynys Môn
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| Posted: Thu Jun 18, 15 8:41 am Post subject: |
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| henchard wrote: |
The claim that the royal family bring in tourist revenue is untrue and irrelevant. Even VisitBritain, the national tourist agency, can't find any evidence for it.
The estimated total annual cost of the monarchy is £299.4m, around nine times the official figure published by the royal household
Perhaps a better headline would be
"Bees are hardworking creatures essential to the British economy unlike the Royal Family who are irrelevant (and who are Britain's biggest family of benefit claimants)." |
This is a few years old but is someway off you quoted figure...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/5123580.stm
If you're going to quote figures or make claims say where you're getting the data from to support your claims.
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Hairyloon
Joined: 20 Nov 2008
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Location: Today I are mostly being in Yorkshire.
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| Posted: Thu Jun 18, 15 10:03 am Post subject: |
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404... |
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vegplot
Joined: 19 Apr 2007
Posts: 21298
Location: Ynys Môn
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| Posted: Thu Jun 18, 15 10:42 am Post subject: |
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Ta. Corrected. |
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robkb
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Location: SE London
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dpack
Joined: 02 Jul 2005
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Location: yes
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| Posted: Thu Jun 18, 15 11:53 am Post subject: |
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bees are useful |
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