Extreme Weather Preparation

[Faroe]

Hi Martha,

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Simple way to secure hive sections during strong winds

We keep having bad storms. A couple days ago we had a “bad” storm, not a “really bad” storm. The wind got up to 19 mph and was gusting at 38 mph. Last fall and last spring we had a few “really bad” storms (tornadoes, hail, flooding, 50+ mph gusts, etc.). No tornadoes hit my property, but, the winds were pretty intense and many trees blew over. The power was out for 3 days and all roads leading into town were flooded. For this reason, I don’t want to worry about my hive blowing over during one o…

Securing the roof of my flow hive

Hi fellow beeks I see almost on every hive that roof is secured with some sort of weight, bricks etc I believe it’s to prevent a skunk or other small animal to open the hive? How do I secure my flow roof since it’s peaked and can’t put a brick on it? Any advice / photos would be much appreciated!

I can image milk jugs flying in a really strong wind… spilling milk everywhere I’ve seen wind blow things over a lot bigger/heavier.

My Flow Hive is tied down with 2 ropes onto pallets. (you would tie to your hive stand, etc).
My roof seems okay after being tied down quite strongly.
But, you can use some of the simple suggestions in the links above if you are handy and don’t want to put a heavy weight over the top of your roof.

Grandma Milk Tossing