# Hives in a high wind area

**URL:** <https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/hives-in-a-high-wind-area/38808>\
**Category:** Modifications & Building Bee Hives\
**Tags:** flow-hive-2\
**Created:** [April 17, 2025, 1:54pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/hives-in-a-high-wind-area/38808 "2025-04-17T13:54:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![Eva](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dbc845/32.png) [@Eva](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Eva)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2025, 2:15pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/hives-in-a-high-wind-area/38808/2 "2025-04-17T14:15:39Z")

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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](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/simple-way-to-secure-hive-sections-during-strong-winds/6383):
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> 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](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/extreme-weather-preparation/16524/3):
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> 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.

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