Ive been fortunate to meet and listen to a lot of beekeepers. Many actually know what they are talking about. That said I listen, but I reserve the right to make my own stupid mistakes. I guess the biggest thing ive rethought about is foundation. When I started it was so easy to pop plastic into a frame thinking it would be easy for the bees to just draw it out. I then saw the mess if they decided to draw comb off the frame and then they don't touch the opposite frame. So, I put wax in with pins and discovered how a extractor treats it. Now, I use wax that ive wired in, because I don't know which frames the bees will store honey. I still have the other types I described and I may continue to think this. But for now the don't is plastic foundation. I cant figure why they do draw plastic like a dream but the mess of inconsistancy. Now if I can figure why they chew through the wax of the foundation.....