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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.

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).

Miscellaneous items relating to the Welsh Beekeepers' Association, comprising: Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (later known as the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF))/Ministry of Education circular dated 28 August 1946; memorandum, 24 January 1947, regarding the advice and instruction of beekeepers; Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF) press releases (kept in marked envelope) regarding Foul Brood Disease (16 March 1964; 1972), food labelling (10 September 1964), pesticide use (with covering letter from MAFF, 11 September 1964), labelling and composition of food (21 December 1967), importation of bees (8 June 1971), Foul Brood Disease (25 March 1971) (with covering letter and booklet), and the Food Standards Committee's report on claims and misleading descriptions (16 August 1966); newspaper cutting, 11 June 1964, regarding beekeeping and referencing Dr Eva Crane and the Bee Research Association (For Dr Crane, see under Grant applications within this archive); newspaper cutting, 30 June 1964, showing Myfanwy Davies working on the Welsh Beekeepers' Association's new logo; typescript piece, dated October 1964, titled 'Better Bees: You can help to produce them'; typescript list, [1965], of clerks of county councils in Wales; newspaper cutting, 29 October 1965, featuring Dewi Thomas of Teifiside Beekeepers' Association; list, [1966], of Honorary Secretaries of branch associations; list, January/February 1966, of Aberystwyth & District Beekeepers' Association officials; British beekeepers' associations [?]mailing list; list of honorary secretaries of Welsh Beekeepers' Association branches, [1966]; Board of Trade document titled 'Application for changes in the protective tariff', [1966]; Brecon & Radnorshire Beekeepers' Association Programme of Meetings, 1970/71; typescript notes, [1973], titled 'Notes from Other Days'; press release issued, 28 January 1983, by the Welsh Beekeepers' Association relating to the appointment of Charles F. R. Dublon as Principality Beekeeping Adviser at Coleg Howell Harris (now Coleg Trefeca), Brecon; security memo relating to 'travel to or through Communist countries', dated 7 March 1985, issued by Commander Eric Verge, Ranges Security Officer, RAE Aberporth and Honorary Secretary of the Welsh Beekeepers' Association; Official Journal of the European Communities legislation booklet, 30 March 1985; press cutting, 28 May 1986, relating to sugar expenditure amongst Gwent beekeepers; curriculum vitae, [1993], of scientist Christopher R. Harries; bilingual booklet containing Welsh Beekeepers' Association honey recipes; printed pollen identification cards by W.D. J. Kirk, with covering note from the International Bee Research Associaton; undated guidelines relating to the treatment of Varroa disease in bees; BBC News printout titled 'Welsh urged to become beekeepers', which references Welsh Beekeepers' Association secretary John Tayler; printed Welsh Beekeepers' Association booklet, 2008, titled 'Coping with Nosema Ceranae ...'; typescript piece titled 'Raising the Standard of Beekeeping in Wales'; typescript list of Welsh Beekeepers' Association officers; printed copy of a transcript of a House of Commons parliamentary debate, 11 May 2006, titled 'Bee Diseases and Pests Control (England) Order 2006'; typescript piece, 2017, titled 'WBKA and the Annual Hive Count'; circle of embroidered material showing the Welsh Beekeepers' Association logo.