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Orders, receipts and invoices

Order details, receipts and invoices regarding merchandise, primarily labels for honey jars, requested by members of the Welsh Beekeepers' Association, together with documentation and related correspondence regarding food standards and labelling. The main external correspondents are Dobson & Crowther (printers) of Llangollen. Orders for items from within the Welsh Beekeepers' Association itself - primarily copies of Association bulletins and other literature - are included under Correspondence within this archive.

75th anniversary

Material relating to the 75th anniversary of the Welsh Beekeepers' Association, comprising: material relating to the WBKA 75th anniversary conference, held at University of Wales Aberystwyth, 13-15 July 2018; WBKA 75th anniversary metallic lapel badge; and WBKA 75th anniversary medal and lapel badge donated to the WBKA by long-time Swansea and District WBKA branch member Commander Eric George Verge, with accompanying letter dated 16 October 2019 (the 50th anniversary medal also mentioned in the letter does not appear to be present).

General administration

General administrative material relating to the Welsh Beekeepers' Association, comprising a list of WBKA chairpersons; notes on registration of food premises; outline of the nomination process for the appointment of Honorary Members of the WBKA; a list of WBKA delegates for 2007; documentation from the Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD); details of Young Farmers' Club federation organisers in Wales; and a list of WBKA officials, events and related organisations.

Other reports

Reports other than Welsh Beekeepers' Association annual reports and Council of National Beekeeping Associations (CONBA) reports. Items comprise: progress report on arrangements for the 1961 short course in beekeeping; 'Report on the price of comb foundation, and on the price for conversion of rendered wax into foundation', [1965]; Welsh Beekeepers' Association Chairman's Report, 1967; report, October 1986, by John Wildig of the Welsh Beekeepers' Association titled 'Disastrous two years for Welsh Beekeepers'; report for 1984/5 on the Welsh Beekeeping Centre at Coleg Howell Harris, Brecon.

Correspondence

Correspondence dating from the establishment of the Welsh Beekeepers' Association in 1943 to 2021, mainly to and from Welsh Beekeepers' Association officials - who include J[ohn] E[mrys] Anwyl (Honorary Secretary), J. H. Ball (Honorary Secretary, later Honorary Editor), John E. Lancaster (Honorary Secretary), Mr D. A. Thomas (Honorary Secretary), Commander Eric George Verge (Honorary Secretary), Wally Shaw, Tom Rowlands (President), Lynfa Davies (Secretary), John Page (Secretary) and Lynda Christie (Chair) (tendering her resignation from her post) - and other members, writing either as individuals or as representatives of their respective county/district beekeepers' associations. Other correspondents include the Royal Welsh Agricultural Society (see also under Royal Welsh Agricultural Society correspondence within this archive); the Forestry Commission; the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF); the National Library of Wales; the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA); the Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD); the Welsh Office; the Council of National Beekeeping Associations (CONBA); the (then) Welsh Assembly Government (one of the correspondents being Elin Jones, who at the time was the Assembly's Minister for Rural Affairs); the Food Standards Agency (Wales) (Asiantaeth Safonau Bwyd (Cymru)); and various Welsh county councils and education authorities/committees. Topics of discussion include Association membership, the appointment of Association officers, bee diseases and the environmental effects of crop spraying and other forms of pollution on the health and wellbeing of bees.
Correspondence relating to the deposit of Welsh Beekeepers Association records at the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth includes a letter, 25 July 2014, from then Chief Executive and Librarian Aled Gruffydd Jones informing John Page of the Welsh Beekeepers' Association that WBKA papers held at the Library had been destroyed by fire in April 2013 (see note in main section of archive).
Correspondence with the National Library and undated correspondence kept in marked envelopes in box labelled '1969-2021'.

Together with folder of correspondence, 1969-1972, between the Welsh Beekeepers' Association and the Royal Welsh Agricultural Society (kept in separate box from remainder of correspondence material).

Correspondence on topics such as insurance policies and claims, festivals and shows, grant applications, training and assessment and conferences and summer schools may be found under their relevant headings within this archive.

Royal Welsh Agricultural Society correspondence

A series of correspondence and related material, 1969-1972, between Welsh Beekeepers' Association officials/members and the Royal Welsh Agricultural Society, mainly relating to the Welsh Beekeepers' Association's participation in the annual Royal Welsh Agricultural Show held in the village of Llanelwedd, Radnorshire. Other correspondents include the Bee Research Association (later the International Bee Research Association). A Treasurer's report dated 12 September 1970 has been removed and placed under Accounts and expenditure within this archive. Minutes of a Welsh Beekeepers' Association Sub-committee meeting held 12 September 1970 have been left in place due to their relevance to a disputed matter taking place around that date.

Training and assessment

Material relating to training courses and assessments held by or participated in by the Welsh Beekeepers' Association, which includes an 'AgriLand' project workshop organised by the Food and Environment Research Agency (FERA); sample assessment papers, 1970, 1979-1981, 1984, 1988 and undated, and sample certificates of completion; examination syllabuses; lists of examination candidates and examination results; examination reports, 1964; and related correspondence, 1967, 1992-1993 and undated.

GM crop debate

Material, comprising mainly press and online articles and news releases, consultation papers and correspondence, relating to the genetically-modified crop debate, and including responses from the Welsh Beekeepers' Association and related organisations, the Welsh Assembly, Friends of the Earth, the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF) and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA).

Pesticides documentation

Documents relating to pesticides, their risks and control in relation to bees and beekeeping. Organisational bodies referenced include the Pesticides Safety Directorate, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), the Food Standards Agency and the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF).

Shows and eisteddfodau

Material (other than correspondence) relating to the Welsh Beekeepers' Association's participation in shows and eisteddfodau, 1950, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1978-1979, 1982, 1986, 1998-1999, 2004, 2009.

Periodicals, newsletters and annuals

Examples of periodic publications of the Welsh Beekeepers' Association and other beekeeping associations, comprising: April 1947 issue of The Bee World newsletter; June 1964 issue of Bee Craft newsletter; Welsh Beekeepers' Association newsletter, September-November 1967; Pembrokeshire Beekeepers' Association newsletters, March 1986, May 1986 and June 1986; draft article, dated 3 October 1987, titled 'Welsh Honey' to be submitted for publication in the WBKA Bulletin; September 1994 edition of the Welsh Beekeepers' Association newsletter; Summer 2006 and Autumn 2012 issues of Gwenynwyr Cymru / The Welsh Beekeeper; and material relating to the compilation of the 2010 and 2011 editions of The Beekeeper's Annual.

Grant applications

Correspondence and other material relating to grant applications made by the Welsh Beekeepers' Association, 1957-2014. Target bodies include the Environment Wales Project Grant Fund, the National Lottery Fund, the (former) Welsh Office, the Eva Crane Trust, the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF), the Commission of the European Communities (now the European Commission) and the European Economic Community (EEC)
Other correspondents include the International Bee Research Association (IBRA).

Education, Research and Development Committee meetings

Minutes and agendas of the Welsh Beekeepers' Association's Education, Research & Development Committee meetings, 1991-1992.
For minutes of the Education, Research and Experiments Standing Committee held 8 June 1962, see under Council meetings: minutes and agendas (minutes of the Education, Research and Experiments Standing Committee run on continuously from the minutes of the Council Meeting held 14 March 1962 and one cannot be separated from the other).

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