The frugal beekeeper thread got me thinking of some costly things I have
done.  Perhaps mention might help others avoid such dumb mistakes.
 
1.   Reinventing the solar wax melter:  - Leaving a box of foundation in the
truck cab on a 90 degree day.
 
2.   Placing nucs (5 frame starter hives) in a yard with a half dozen full str
ength hives, and giving each a frame of honey for feed without reducing the
entrance, on a dark, drizzly spring day.
 
3.   Placing heavy deep supers of honey on the tail-end tier of the truck and
running rough roads. (If it *has* to be done, they can be placed upside
down.)
 
4.   My eight-year-old son was watching the dog lick his hind end. "Why does
he do that, Dad?"
   "Son, your mom just gave him the leftover meatloaf, and he's trying to get
the taste out of his mouth."  (How would I know he'd tell her?)
 
[log in to unmask]        Dave Green
'PO Box 1215, Hemingway, SC  29554