Series
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Horticulture Divisions: Registered Files,...
Catalogue reference: MAF 409
What's it about?
MAF 409
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,...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MAF 409
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Horticulture Divisions: Registered Files, Beekeeping and Honey (AX Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1965-2014
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Description (What the record is about)
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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.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Former file reference
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For earlier files on beekeeping and the production of honey see MAF 126
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- AX file series
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Horticulture Division II, 1963-1977
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 95 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 2000 Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Occasional further accruals are expected into this series.
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15253/
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
Within the department: MAF
Records created or inherited by the Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Departments,...
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Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Horticulture Divisions: Registered Files, Beekeeping and Honey (AX Series)