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Catalogue description Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Horticulture Divisions: Registered Files, Beekeeping and Honey (AX Series)
| Reference: | MAF 409 |
|---|---|
| Title: | Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Horticulture Divisions: Registered Files, Beekeeping and Honey (AX Series) |
| Description: |
The records in this series relate to the oversight and regulation by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food of commercial beekeeping and honey producing operations, and deal with honey supply and quality issues, diseases of bees, environmental threats to bees, research into beekeeping, advice to beekeepers and liaison with beekeeping organisations. |
| Date: | 1965-2014 |
| Arrangement: |
Former file reference |
| Related material: |
For earlier files on beekeeping and the production of honey see MAF 126 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Former reference in its original department: | AX file series |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Horticulture Division II, 1963-1977 |
| Physical description: | 95 file(s) |
| Access conditions: | Open unless otherwise stated |
| Immediate source of acquisition: |
From 2000 Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food |
| Accruals: | Occasional further accruals are expected into this series. |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
In 1965, responsibility for control of 'hobby' horticultural activities, including beekeeping, passed from the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food to the Ministry of Land and Natural Resources. Horticulture Division II handled the remaining commercial beekeeping organisations for which MAFF retained responsibility. |
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