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Loss of bees will cost a fortune

 
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Marts



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PostPosted: Tue Jun 22, 10 1:33 pm    Post subject: Loss of bees will cost a fortune Reply with quote
    

https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/science_and_environment/10371300.stm

I love that the BBC point out that:

"If bees and other pollinators were to disappear completely, the cost to the UK economy could be up to £440m per year"

No need to mention the more fatal consequence to us all.

Good news about the investment though...

Last edited by Marts on Tue Jun 22, 10 2:57 pm; edited 1 time in total

T.G



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PostPosted: Tue Jun 22, 10 2:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

It’s because the general population that inhabits the earth are thick

And see no correlation between the extinction of a mere stingy insect and the supermarket shelves being empty

beean



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PostPosted: Wed Jun 23, 10 12:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I always think articles that mention economic cost are generally mre about drumming up financial support for research into bee....as in "they are worth (insert huge figure here)" so whyever can we not find $(insert smaller figure here) to save them?"

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