Antique Make Do Three Compartment Bee Box sphynx that the artist here was

that the artist here was German American

with the pedestal base making a trivet underneath it unnecessary

I dug this drawing out from near the bottom of an overstuffed box filled with old magazines and a few other drawings by young Richard Page Thurton

and it's definitely seen some use

with it's handle made from the casing of a 50 caliber FA 1932 bullet

Antique Make Do Three Compartment Bee Box sphynx that the artist here wasI 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