Fonds GB 0210 WELBEES - Welsh Beekeepers' Association Records

Founded in 1943, Cymdeithas Gwenynwyr Cymru (CGC) / the Welsh Beekeepers' Association (WBKA) is the overall support body for all nineteen local Beekeeping Associations in Wales. It is a registered charity, managed by a board of trustees supported by various officers, all of whom are volunteers. It holds annual conventions at the Royal Welsh showground near Builth Wells and specialist members of the association form the WBKA Council, which meets three times a year (see under Welsh Beekeepers' Association Council meetings: minutes and agendas). The WBKA supports the development and training of Welsh beekeepers in improving the standards of bee husbandry while co-operating with related bodies such as the Council of National Beekeeping Associations (CONBA), the Bee Health Advisory Forum (BHAF) and the Welsh Government Pollinators Taskforce. Its current officers are Jenny Shaw (secretary), Graham Wheeler (treasurer), Caroline Mullinex (chair) and John Bowles (president).

Language note: For Welsh content, see under individual headings. Some material is bilingual (Welsh/English).
British Standards Institution: Language note: One item contains French (bilingual item).

Minor Deposit 1618, which contained minutes of Welsh Beekeepers' Association meetings, 2005-2007, was destroyed by fire at the National Library of Wales in April 2013 (see under Correspondence for letter dated 25 July 2014 from National Library of Wales Chief Executive and Librarian Aled Gruffydd Jones to John Page of the Welsh Beekeepers' Association). A digital description of the minutes is still available at https://archifau.llyfrgell.cymru/index.php/welsh-beekeepers-association-papers.

Welsh Beekeepers' Association records, deposited September 1968 and previously known as Minor Deposits 946, 972-973, 1369, 1468-1473, 1479-1480, 1539 & 1546, have now been amalgamated as part of this archive as a donation (see Immediate source of acquisition or transfer note above).