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Mrs Fiddlesticks



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PostPosted: Wed Jan 21, 09 6:46 pm    Post subject: Bee Research Funding increase! Reply with quote
    

Good news for bees!!

https://www.defra.gov.uk/news/2009/090121a.htm

Jb



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PostPosted: Wed Jan 21, 09 8:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Something good for once! What was the previous level of funding?

arvo



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PostPosted: Wed Jan 21, 09 9:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

JB wrote:
Something good for once! What was the previous level of funding?


As close to b*gg*r all as made no difference. There were about 2 permanent and 8-ish contract members of staff. I believe they were surviving on about �250,000 per year, possibly less. And they still managed some science. I've met some of the senior staff and they're brilliant, enthusiastic, overworked folk who'll be over the moon about this increase. And we'll see great results for what's been spent for sure. Its amazing what they managed on the money they had, they've been dying to hire some more scientist folk to do proper disease research and find some treatments.

gil
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 21, 09 9:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

'This will include identifying all those who keep bees '

Perhaps the funding comes with another price.....
Bee-tagging, anyone ?
etc etc

But yes, it is good news.

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