somewhat unrelated...
as many here know in a prior life I was a banker, financial whiz and economist... left that years ago for a more meaningful path... one aspect of economics often overlooked by the neophyte is the idea of expectations... basically if you set your expectations too high and fall short (which you often will do) then you feel bad and if you set your expectation too low then you may feel better but you could have done better...
a couple of year back I got the idea that a lot of the apprentice and new beekeeper here though none of my hives ever died and consequently they always felt bad when their hives died. So one day (I think I have a picture of the occasion on my new web site
www.ETzzzBzzz.com) when I had friends and apprentices out here at our house and I made the point of showing them the large pile of dead out equipment with the hopes of getting the expectation back into line.
I coined a phrase at the time for the new folks....'if you never have had a hive die then you simply need to obtain some more hives'.
Gene in Central Texas..