The Vespiary Book Binding & Book Conservation

This weekend the roof came off.  We found 3 layers of shingles.  On the north facing side, the middle layer was painted white (for what reason, we cannot guess).  Pulling away some of the boards revealed groups of dead yellowjackets, crammed together to try to avoid their inevitable demise from Montana winters. Other removed boards uncovered tons of old paper nests; that’s why I call it the Vespiary!

Today was turning point: we’ve moved from tear down mode to rebuild mode.  We’ll finally be able to start getting some of the hoarded material out of our tiny garage.

Check out all the photos of the tear off session here.