Super Folky Old Handmade Bee Box with Removable Queen Bee Carrier and Rich Patina wood block building Nails across the red painted

Nails across the red painted bottom perch

This little boy with stick in hand makes me think of a young Napolean every time I look at him

I love the variation to the blue especially

I've found one American Old Maid deck specially dated 1892 (as this drawing is)

Super Folky Old Handmade Bee Box with Removable Queen Bee Carrier and Rich Patina wood block building Nails across the red paintedI found this old bee box at the end of an almost completely fruitless day poking around southern Maine last weekend but it alone made the day worthwhile, to my sensibilities really a great one. About as primitive as it gets, but clearly it did its job effectively, as the patina to the interior of this box a rich mix of beeswax and grime and who know what all attests to many years of housing bees inside. What I especially like is how the queen bee