Minimalist Old Sliding Glass Wooden Bee Box with Great Patina Yesuke Aida I purchased it from a

I purchased it from a Boston-based tramp art collector and author in the process of selling off some 50 years accumulation

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

Completely rusted but structurally very sound and stable

The patiently waiting

21" x 4 3/4" x 7/8"

Minimalist Old Sliding Glass Wooden Bee Box with Great Patina Yesuke Aida I purchased it from aThis 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