Cover pages of 'The Bee World', 1919 and 1926, and press cuttings, 1921-1922; secretary’s report to the Annual General Meeting, 1921; share transfer certificates, 1921-1926; list of shareholders, 1922; balance sheets, Adminson Ltd. 1922, The Bee World Ltd. 1923 and 1926; and a later short list of the file’s contents.
Letters to E. B. Wedmore, Mrs. Duruz and Dr E. Crane from F.N. Hawes, Dr Antonio Zappi Recordati, and Dr A. Budel concerning floral species for honey, corrections to articles and the aims and objectives of bee research.
Bee Research Association and the International Bee Research Association,
Administrative papers, [1876]-2004; financial papers, 1973-1993; written articles and agreements, 1880-1994.
Handwritten volume from the 1st–53rd meeting.
Annual General Meeting papers and correspondence,
Notice of AGM and agendas, 1950-1986; and correspondence and papers of individual meetings, 1974-1986.
The incomplete series begins with the first annual report of 1949 and continues to 2004. The reports and accounts, 1949-1990, are for the previous year to 31 December and presented at the AGM in the year stated on the cover. From the additional 1990 issue to1999, 2001 and 2004, the reports and accounts are for the years stated on the covers. The issue for 1967 was published in Bee World; issues 1971, 2000 and 2002-2003 are wanting.
Postage labels, 1965; bulletins numbers 1 & 2, 1966; Slough & District Beekeepers Society News Sheet, 1966; and a postcard and commentary for slides of the building, 1967.
Letters relating to beekeeping 'of special interest',
Letters relating to beekeeping (presumably donated to the Bee Research Association) including a photographs of a letter from Charles Darwin, [c. 1876]; postcard of a letter by F. R. Cheshire, 1908, and correspondence in relation to the same, 1948-1949; photocopy of a letter from Sir Edmund Hillary, 1953; and letters from A. F. Yates, 1954, L. E. Snelgrove and his daughter Irene, 1965, and H. M Cooper, 1968.
Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882.
Microscope slides: correspondence,
H. A. Dade to Dr. E. Crane, 1949; Dr E. Crane to and from R. Lazenby, 1965; and to Dr E. Crane from Dorothy Galton, 1976.
Miss D. Galton: correspondence,
Correspondence of Miss D. Galton [1901-1992], who translated Russian articles for the BRA; includes her obituary in the Times, October 1992.
Correspondence for loan of items,
Correspondence between The London Museum and the Guildhall Museum for duplicate items; and with the Federation of Berkshire Bee-keepers’ Association for the loan of items to display.
Miss Black and Willi Essinger bequests,
List of a collection of books donated through the Willi Essinger bequest, including correspondence, 1973; and books presented by Miss Black of Yorkshire, 1982, along with two letters she received from the Yorkshire Beekeepers’ Association, 1934.
Bee World and BRA handbook cover designs,
Correspondence and drawings of ‘Bee World’ cover designs by F. V. Botley; and BRA handbook cover by an un-named designer.
List of papers (cuttings, abstracts, etc.) presented to the Bee Research Association by J. Pryce-Jones’ widow.
International Organization for Biological Control,
Correspondence and papers in relation to whether the Bee Research Association wished to become members of the proposed International Organisation for Biological Control.