Building a machinery shed

[Bee-Positive]

I have 40 hives. I also lead the Branson Mo. bee club. I started beekeeping back in the 70s instead of drugs.

Awesome, 40 hives is a lot of work not to mention leading a club. We're spinning off the subject but hey, at least you can move hives with the tractor if you strap them properly. Maybe store empty hive boxes and what not in your new shed. Mice always need a new home.

 

[hoot owl]

I have another building for the bee equipment. We don't have mice or snacks. Our 4 cats get fed once a week unless the weather is real bad. I do use the tractor to mow the bee locations around the county.
I should have around 80 hives by fall then I sell some in the spring.

 

[Bee-Positive]

I have another building for the bee equipment. We don't have mice or snacks. Our 4 cats get fed once a week unless the weather is real bad. I do use the tractor to mow the bee locations around the county.
I should have around 80 hives by fall then I sell some in the spring.

If I was closer to Forsyth I'd drop in.

 

[Russell King]

@hoot owl thank you for the answers on the front

I don’t think the detractors understand the post and beam construction techniques th you have used.

 

[BBFarmer]

I have 40 hives. I also lead the Branson Mo. bee club. I started beekeeping back in the 70s instead of drugs.

That's alot of bees right there.

My boss's dad has I think 3 or 4 hives.

Always loved honey bees.

I've been wanting to look into this for our blueberry farm. I get a visit annually from someones bees near by. A good load of bumble bees as well.

It can actually get pretty intense walking through the lanes when they're out doing their thing. They come in large numbers. I reckon we're kinda lucky?

I dont know, always thought it'd be cool to have a couple of hives to play with but never knew the basic ins and outs of them.

I'd be out there trying to feed and water them like chickens or something.

Totally love your shed btw. As a new farm owner with absolutely zero covered places to store or repair equipment, I envy your whole set up.

 

[fried1765]

Russell King
Thank You for an honest question.
I plan on leaving the front open. If I ever do close any of it in it would only be the bay where the tractor is. Then I would have to do some framing for a garage door.
It faces south so it warms up fast now that the walls are up.



As far as the snow sliding off the roof, most of it slid off the next day. I have lived in Pa. where we had 3' of snow, so I do understand snow load. Around this part of the USA the main concern is tornados and high winds. 90% of the joist have hurricane straps on them. We had 2 days with 60+ mph winds out of the South all day and nothing moved. I was in the shed cleaning up cutoff lumber from the plywood wall build at the time, but when I went out to walk to the house I could barely stand because the wind was that strong.
In this area most of the custom built poll shed's are built 4' center with 2x4 joist and very few hurricane straps other than sill plate and center point.

I'm not building in your area so it is not built to your building coeds.
For those of you complaining about how I built MY BUILDING by my self I might add, lets see your build by your self.

Quite obviously, a structural/civil engineer you ain't!