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The Bee Research Association (BRA) was established in 1949 in order to provide information on bee science and beekeeping, adding 'International' to its title in 1976 to reflect the organisation's worldwide status and influence. It is a registered charity managed by an international council of trustees and run by a small team (see also, for example: https://ibra.org.uk/)

The Eva Crane Trust was formed in 2002 by bee and beekeeping expert Dr Eva Crane (1912-2007), its aim being to advance the understanding of bees and beekeeping.

Founded in 2004, the National Lottery Community Fund, legally named the Big Lottery Fund, is a non-departmental public body responsible for distributing funds raised by the National Lottery amongst 'good causes'. (Wikipedia (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)

For the European Commission (EC), see, for example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Commission.

The European Economic Community (EEC) was a regional organisation created in 1957 with the aim of fostering economic integration among its member states. It was subsequently renamed the European Community (EC) upon becoming integrated into the first pillar of the newly formed European Union in 1993. In 2009, the EC formally ceased to exist and its institutions were directly absorbed by the European Union (EU). (Wikipedia (paraphrased))

The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF) was a United Kingdom government department created by the Board of Agriculture Act 1889 (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))