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Welsh Beekeepers' Association Records
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Periodicals, newsletters and annuals

Examples of periodic publications of the Welsh Beekeepers' Association and other beekeeping associations.

Material, mainly comprising correspondence and invoices, relating to advertising in Gwenynwyr Cymru / The Welsh Beekeeper periodical, together with records of advertisers in the same publication.

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.

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).

Reports

Welsh Beekeepers' Association annual reports, 1960, 1962, 1964-1966, 2014-2020; Council of National Beekeeping Associations (CONBA) reports, 2008; and miscellaneous other reports.

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.

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.

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.

Welsh Beekeepers' Association Records

  • GB 0210 WELBEES
  • Fonds
  • 1943-2023

Papers of Cymdeithas Gwenynwyr Cymru (CGC) / the Welsh Beekeepers' Association (WBKA), comprising WBKA constitutional and administrative papers, the latter including a significant amount of correspondence dating from the WBKA's establishment in 1943 to 2021; copies of WBKA periodicals and newsletters dating from the 1940s to the present day; material relating to grant applications, training and assessment, summer schools and conventions and to eisteddfodau and shows; documents and papers relating to the genetically modified (GM) crop debate and to pesticide control; items relating to the WBKA's 75th anniversary events in 2018; and a certain amount of miscellaneous material relating to the WBKA.
Additional papers, containing similar material, were donated May 2023, for which see under relevant heading.

Welsh Beekeepers' Association

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