Minimalist Old Sliding Glass Wooden Bee Box with Great Patina native carving Carved of pine I believe

Carved of pine I believe from one piece of wood

I can never resist old Schoenhut Circus furniture when I come across it--the pedestals and chairs they made I think were just terrific

super sensitive carving I think

with hatching in blue and black/gray ink and what appears to be crayon for the other colors

These have a nice weight and gloss coating

Minimalist Old Sliding Glass Wooden Bee Box with Great Patina native carving Carved of pine I believeThis is a very simple one as far as bee boxes go nothing more than a four sided box with two plates of glass held in grooves, to slide open or closed for catch or release. There are rows of old nail holes in the wood, so perhaps there was once some sort of frame around it, but maybe more likely the wood was repurposed from something else. I love these old bee boxes for the way that they embody individualistic solutions to the problem at hand (in this