Minimalist Old Sliding Glass Wooden Bee Box with Great Patina Yesuke Aida Pencil and watercolor on lined

Pencil and watercolor on lined paper

I should have guessed

8 13/16" x 5 11/16" x 2 1/4"

served up in a consomme cup decorated with what I'd guess is meant to be a coat of arms

Minimalist Old Sliding Glass Wooden Bee Box with Great Patina Yesuke Aida Pencil and watercolor on linedThis 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