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sean
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Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: North Devon

Posted: Wed Jun 17, 15 10:07 pm Post subject: Bees Contribute More to Economy than Royal Family
Allegedly

Hairyloon

Joined: 20 Nov 2008
Posts: 15425
Location: Today I are mostly being in Yorkshire.

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...

Tavascarow

Joined: 06 Aug 2006
Posts: 8407
Location: South Cornwall

Posted: Thu Jun 18, 15 6:08 am Post subject:
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.

henchard

Joined: 23 Aug 2012
Posts: 232
Location: Carmarthenshire

Posted: Thu Jun 18, 15 7:23 am Post subject:

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)."

vegplot

Joined: 19 Apr 2007
Posts: 21301
Location: Bethesda, Gwynedd

Posted: Thu Jun 18, 15 8:41 am Post subject:

henchard wrote:

This is a few years old but is someway off you quoted figure...

https://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
Posts: 15425
Location: Today I are mostly being in Yorkshire.

Posted: Thu Jun 18, 15 10:03 am Post subject:
404...

vegplot

Joined: 19 Apr 2007
Posts: 21301
Location: Bethesda, Gwynedd

Posted: Thu Jun 18, 15 10:42 am Post subject:

Hairyloon wrote:

404...

Ta. Corrected.

robkb

Joined: 29 May 2009
Posts: 4205
Location: SE London

Posted: Thu Jun 18, 15 11:48 am Post subject:
The Sovereign Grant was �35.7 million for 2013/14: https://www.royal.gov.uk/TheRoyalHousehold/Royalfinances/AnnualFinancialReports/Annualfinancialreports.aspx

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
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Location: yes

Posted: Thu Jun 18, 15 11:53 am Post subject:
bees are useful

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