Hives in a high wind area

[Sandra_Bond]

We live in a high wind area - these boxes are just placed on top of each other without anything securing them. What do folks in high wind areas do to keep the wind from toppling the hives? I was hoping there were corner brackets you could add to seat the boxes - but see nothing on the website to address this - any suggestions?

[Eva]

Hi and welcome Sandra! Lots of other forum members have dealt with wind, and here’s a nice thread with pics of things people rigged up:

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…

But this one is the best I highly recommend reading the whole thing:

Extreme Weather Preparation

Earthquake and floods are the worst. We anticipate high winds and rain this week. I’m tying 2 milk jugs together by a rope and full of water to hang on my flow hive roof until it passes.

[Sjmckee49]

I bought these for my hive. On Amazon.

Black Toggle Latch Clamp, 6Pcs Heavy Duty Adjustable Toggle Clamp, 550lbs Holding Capacity Smoker Door Latch, Metal Pull Latch for Box, Gate, Cabinet, Case https://a.co/d/4Sm21N5

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