Terrific Old Handmade Three Compartment Bee Box dancing snowwoman with some loss of white

with some loss of white paint particularly along the edges of the figures and fading of the black details of the faces particularly on one side

not simply for the tourist market

though perhaps it is a little too refined

but otherwise I’d put it out to be enjoyed all of the time

but I have not been able to identify it by those marks

Terrific Old Handmade Three Compartment Bee Box dancing snowwoman with some loss of whiteI am just learning about old bee boxesa pretty cool thing to collect I think, as each one represents its makers specific design solution to the task(s) at hand. From what I understand, beekeepers would make a bee box such as this one to catch bees, then release them from various points to chart their flights. Bees fly in a straight line when returning to their hivesa bee linethus leading the beekeeper to the bounty. Bee boxes vary from very simple to