Antique Make Do Three Compartment Bee Box sphynx with the pedestal base making

with the pedestal base making a trivet underneath it unnecessary

or rather  one dog drawn in two positions

His work is featured in collections including Baltimore Museum of Art

And then hand-written on the backside: "Susan Pendleton / Given to Olive / 1906 / on a Tuesday

which themselves seem to gesture: open

Antique Make Do Three Compartment Bee Box sphynx with the pedestal base makingI have learned just a bit about 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, this sort of bee box would be used 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) though I believe this could also be used as a