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Title: hives falling over
Post by: Simian on May 06, 2006, 09:09:43 PM

Hi
I have a few hives on a hillside. The ground is not so stable and the wind really blows sometimes. I have recently had a couple of hives topple over.
Has anyone any slope experience and any simple solutions I could use for stabilising the hives?

Simon

Title: hives falling over
Post by: Ruben on May 06, 2006, 11:34:08 PM

You could build a bench like mine, I am on a steep hillside.

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e331/Ruben111/DSCN3760.jpg

Title: hives falling over
Post by: thegolfpsycho on May 06, 2006, 11:44:00 PM

Pick up a few T-bar fence posts and drive them in next to your colonys. Throw a strap around em

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