Beekeeping "Kit" Storage

[Hachi]

Just asking and seeking ideas of how you store the beekeeping kit you seem to amass following the craft. My Dbl garage is full to the rafters and I'm seeking ideas of the what, the how, the where you store your beekeeping kit. Is it at home, your apiary, in a shed, a steel iso container etc.

 

[Worldsend]

I just keep buying sheds!!

 

[Poly Hive]

Outside with floors blocked by foam. Not ideal but if needs must...

PH

 

[Hedgerow Honey]

Everywhere that looks like its needs to have a bee box placed. Seriously it is a struggle I have a platform made out of 3x2 box section outside along my garage that all supers and empty box's get stored in the winter, dining room is now converted to a honey room with shelving for full jars and storage for empty's, other equipment is stored on work surfaces.

I will be building a honey room adjacent to my garage this winter and reroofing the garage so it will extend the eight foot I need to cover the box's.

 

[Noddy]

I just keep buying sheds!!

Me too, I have three now :O

 

[Hedgerow Honey]

The trouble with sheds are that they have to be treated every year and I already have three, brick is the way forward.

 

[JWF]

The trouble with sheds is that they're not big enough. And neither is the next one you get your hands on either

 

[Millet]

Depending on the double garage you have (mine has roof space trusses and all that ) board the walking space out and bob's your uncle, upper free space.
Other than that screw your gear together each year and unscrew it at the end of the season and flat pack it..

 

[Hachi]

Depending on the double garage you have (mine has roof space trusses and all that ) board the walking space out and bob's your uncle, upper free space.
Other than that screw your gear together each year and unscrew it at the end of the season and flat pack it..

Done your first point, patio is covered in folding stands and garage is full.

Not a chance of doing point 2 thats all I'd be doing all winter lol

 

[madasafish]

Depending on the double garage you have (mine has roof space trusses and all that ) board the walking space out and bob's your uncle, upper free space.
Other than that screw your gear together each year and unscrew it at the end of the season and flat pack it..

We have a treble garage with floored loft. Problem solved.

Supers are stored outside: not enough space in garage.

 

[psafloyd]

The trouble with sheds are that they have to be treated every year and I already have three, brick is the way forward.

Not if you use the good stuff, John. That Weathershield (?) that soaks into the grain is very effective and worth the extra money. I have a shed and a fence outside that haven't been treated for more than 10 years outside that while needing a going over are OK, whereas I've used cheaper stuff on the allotment for my sheds and they do really need doing each year.

 

[maddydog]

Creocote and a sprayer. Takes minutes to treat my two sheds

 

[Teemore]

20" fiberglass lorry body. It came at a better price than a 20" shipping container and didnt need to be insulated. I'll probably get a couple more years out of it before the floor needs to be completely replaced and at that point I plan to replace it with a 20" shipping container .

 

[alfazer]

20" fiberglass lorry body. It came at a better price than a 20" shipping container and didnt need to be insulated. I'll probably get a couple more years out of it before the floor needs to be completely replaced and at that point I plan to replace it with a 20" shipping container .

The one advantage you have at the minute is that you probably have a roof that lets the light in which is better if you store frames with comb over winter. Not the case with a shipping container.