I think you're doubling up here and there. >>If frames are damaged: >>9 frames * $0.80/frame = $ >>7.20 >> >>1 hour to assemble wooden frames * $15/hour labor = $15.00 Realistically? I can recall throwing out maybe one frame last season from wax moth damage. And we had some doozies that had been left behind the shed faaaaar too long. Figure out how many frames you actually lose and just include that percentage. Likewise, labour to assemble frames should only be for that percentage replaced. And if you're claiming replacement expenses for the frame, then you shouldn't claim the .75 hour to clean the super - that's more like a 2 minute scrape down without frames, and you need to consider whether that scrape down would have happened anyway - we scrape all boxes at season end. >>Cost of electricity, taxes, maintenance, etc. of honey house. >>This is a swag but estimate >>$15.00 Yes, it's a swag, but aside from any electricity used directly in this, it is an existing expense that is not increased by this activity. If you acknowledge it as a cost here, then you have to acknowledge that it is mitigating the expense against other activities, actually increasing the utility of your honey house. >>9 sheets beeswax foundation * $12/20sheets = $ 5.40 I assume this is replacement foundation. >>Value of wax that was destroyed: $5/# wax * est .33# wax/frame * 9 frames = $15 Do you have NO recovery at all? We render and still recover a good amount of wax. >>Value of honey for bees to draw out wax: >>est .333# wax /frame * 9 frames * 8.4 * $5/# for honey = $ 126 Have you deducted the weight of the foundation that you put in the frame in the first place? After all they should only get credit for the wax they created to draw out the walls, not the foundation that was already there, and that you have already claimed in the value of wax that was destroyed. regards Deanna Corbett Dee's Bees *********************************************** The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html Guidelines for posting to BEE-L can be found at: http://honeybeeworld.com/bee-l/guidelines.htm