Super Folky Old Handmade Bee Box with Removable Queen Bee Carrier and Rich Patina drawing on rice paper I've not seen

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with a range of sizes and varieties

The lighter color and smooth texture across the forehead

which can be peeled off with a little effort)

Super Folky Old Handmade Bee Box with Removable Queen Bee Carrier and Rich Patina drawing on rice paper I've not seenI 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