With Hurricane Isabel approaching the east coast of the USA,
http://www.weather.com/maps/news/atlstorm13/index_large.html
http://www.weather.com/maps/news/atlstorm13/projectedpath_large.html
this might be a good time to compare storm prep as applied
to bee yards.

About all I am doing is making sure that all my hives have
their straps tight.  I have adjustable "webbed belt" type
straps that loop around the entire hive.  Some are ratchet
straps, some have friction "belt buckles".

There are cheap ones that come four to a pack that my father
made the error of buying at Mall-Wart for his hives, but they
rotted in the sun, and broke within 90 days of deployment.

If my hives were stacked with supers, I'd likely drive stakes,
and attach the straps to the stakes rather than simply running
them around bottom board and cover, but my supers are all off.

What do others do?  I simply don't trust a brick to keep the
lid on a hive, as high winds are common around here.

Hurricanes Bertha and Fran (1996) and Floyd (1999) followed
roughly the same path, so hives in low-lying areas of eastern
North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and/or Maryland
could be flooded out if not moved to higher ground.
Even 10 feet of elevation can make a big difference.

     jim (News - Fairly Unbalanced.
          We report, you decipher.)

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