Ffeil / File BG/1 - Correspondence

On his retirement from his work at the Institute of Terrestrial Ecology (a governmental agency and part of the National Environment Research Council (NERC)) in 1987, Wally Shaw started beekeeping and has since lectured extensively both in Britain and abroad. He has a particular interest in the swarming process and the methods for its prevention and control and has authored several books on the subject of beekeeping (see https://www.northernbeebooks.co.uk/products/swarming-biology-and-control-shaw/

The National Library of Wales (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru), Aberystwyth is the national legal deposit library of Wales and is one of the Welsh Government sponsored bodies. It is the biggest library in Wales, holding over 6.5 million books and periodicals and the largest collections of archives, portraits, maps and photographic images in Wales. The Library is also home to the national collection of Welsh manuscripts, the National Screen and Sound Archive of Wales and the most comprehensive collection of paintings and topographical prints in Wales. (https://en.wikipedia.org)/wiki/National_Library_of_Wales)

Aled Gruffydd Jones (born 1955) is a Welsh historian and academic. He was Librarian of the National Library of Wales between 2013 and 2015 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aled_Gruffydd_Jones).

David Jenkins (1912 – 2002) was the Librarian of the National Library of Wales from 1969 to 1979. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Jenkins_(librarian)

Evan David Jones (1903 – 1987) was the Librarian of the National Library of Wales in Aberystwyth from 1958 to 1969.
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._D._Jones#:~:text=Jones,-Article%20Talk&text=Evan%20David%20Jones%20CBE%20FSA,library%20of%20Wales%2C%20in%201958.)

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) is a government department responsible for environmental protection, food production and standards, agriculture, fisheries and rural communities in the United Kingdom. The Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish governments each have devolved responsibilities for these matters in their respective nations. (Wikipedia (paraphrased)). See, for example: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-environment-food-rural-affairs

Established in 2000, the Food Standards Agency is a non-ministerial department of the British government. It is responsible for protecting public health in relation to food in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and is led by a board appointed to act in the public interest. (Wikipedia (paraphrased))

The Senedd, a bilingual democratically elected body officially known as the Welsh Parliament in English and Senedd Cymru in Welsh, is the devolved, unicameral legislature of Wales, establishing laws for Wales, agreeing certain taxes and scrutinising the Welsh Government. From its creation in May 1999 until May 2020, the Senedd was known as the National Assembly for Wales (Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru). (See, for example: https://senedd.wales/)

Elin Jones (born 1966) is a Welsh politician who has served as the Llywydd (Presiding Officer, or Speaker) of the Senedd (formerly the Welsh Assembly) since 2016. A member of Plaid Cymru, she has been the Member of the Senedd (MS) for Ceredigion since 1999. When the One Wales government was formed on 9 July 2007, Elin Jones was made Minister for Rural Affairs, a position she maintained until Plaid Cymru left Government at the 2011 elections. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elin_Jones [paraphrased])

Lynfa Davies works as Knowledge Exchange Manager on the Farming Connect programme in Wales. She has been keeping bees since 2005 and currently has approximately thirty hives. In 2015 she qualified as a Master Beekeeper and in 2019 achieved the National Diploma in Beekeeping (NDB). She is a member of Cymdeithas Gwenynwyr Cymru / the Welsh Beekeepers' Association Learning and Development Committee and has delivered courses for the WBKA as well as being a tutor for the NDB short courses and contributing to workshops at the British Beekeepers' Association (BBKA) Spring Convention. She also regularly writes articles for beekeeping magazines. (http://www.northsomersetbeekeepers.org/lynfadavies.html (paraphrased))

Lynda Christie works as Ecosystems Trainer for the Growing the Future project at the National Botanic Garden of Wales, where she designs and delivers the project’s beekeeping courses. (https://botanicgarden.wales/2018/09/lynda-brilliant-beekeeper/ (paraphrased))

Established in 1989, the Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD) is an Executive Agency of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) which seeks to protect public health, animal health and the environment and to promote animal welfare by assuring the safety, quality and efficacy of veterinary medicines in the United Kingdom. (Wikipedia (paraphrased)) See, for example: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/veterinary-medicines-directorate

Minor Deposits 1618, which contained minutes of Welsh Beekeepers' Association meetings, 2005-2007, were destroyed by fire at the National Library of Wales, April 2013 (see note under main section of this archive).

Established in 1904, the Royal Welsh Agricultural Society provides support for business, social welfare and education within rural communities as well as the organisation and staging of the Smallholding and Countryside Festival, the Royal Welsh Show and the Winter Fair. (https://rwas.wales/the-society/about-us/)

Founded in 1895, Apimondia, the International Federation of Beekeepers' Associations, is a non-governmental organisation whose main objective is to facilitate the exchange of information and discussion between beekeepers, scientists, honey-traders, agents for development, technicians and legislators.
(https://www.apimondia.org/ (paraphrased))

Established in 1919, the Forestry Commission is a non-ministerial government department responsible for the management of publicly owned forests and the regulation of both public and private forestry in England. The Forestry Commission was previously also responsible for forestry in Wales and Scotland; however, in 2013, Forestry Commission Wales merged with other agencies to become Natural Resources Wales, whilst Forestry and Land Scotland and Scottish Forestry were both established in 2019.
(Wikipedia (paraphrased)) See, for example: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/forestry-commission

Language note: Twenty-two items in Welsh; two complimentary closures (letters dated 23 March and 4 June 1946) in Welsh; one footnote (letter dated [March/April 1961]) in Welsh. Three items in French.

For Tom Rowlands, see, for example: https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/local-news/beekeepers-brush-off-worries-2841327; https://www.thefreelibrary.com/WALES%3A+Show%27s+top+jobs%3B+Anglesey+Show+2008-a0182778960.

For Lynfa Davies, see, for example: http://www.northsomersetbeekeepers.org/lynfadavies.html; https://businesswales.gov.wales/farmingconnect/news-and-events/videos/lynfa-davies-getting-started-beekeeping-17052021; https://moredun.org.uk/people/staff-directory/lynfa-davies.

For the 2013 fire at the National Library, see, for example: https://www.gov.wales/written-statement-fire-national-library-wales-26-april-2013; https://www.library.wales/about-nlw/press-and-news/press-releases/2013-press-releases/27-04-2013-fire-update; https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/national-library-wales-fire-crews-3158192.

The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF) was a United Kingdom government department created by the Board of Agriculture Act 1889 (and at that time called the Board of Agriculture, then, from 1903, the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, and from 1919 the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries. It attained its final name in 1955 with the addition of responsibilities for the British food industry to the existing responsibilities for agriculture and the fishing industry, a name that lasted until the Ministry was dissolved in 2002, at which point its responsibilities had been merged into the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA). (Wikipedia (paraphrased))

CONBA (the Council of National Beekeeping Associations) was established in 1978 to promote the aims and objectives of the national beekeeping associations of Great Britain and Ireland through representation of the interests of beekeepers with local, national and international authorities.
(https://www.conba.org.uk/ (paraphrased))

The Welsh Office (Y Swyddfa Gymreig) was a department within the British Government which held responsibilities for Wales. It was established in April 1965 to execute government policy in Wales, and was headed by the Secretary of State for Wales, a post created in October 1964. It was disbanded on 1 July 1999 when most of its powers were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales, with some powers transferred to the Office of the Secretary of State for Wales (Swyddfa Ysgrifennydd Gwladol Cymru), a department popularly known as the Wales Office. (Wikipedia (paraphrased)) (See also, for example: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/office-of-the-secretary-of-state-for-wales)

J. E. Anwyl is most likely John Emrys Anwyl of Bala (?1903-1995) (see, for example: Philip H. Lawson, Anwyl Family Research Papers at NLW).