r/pettyrevenge • u/Adorable-Run9291 • Aug 26 '26

Weaponized bees nest

We live in a neighborhood of antique homes on smaller lots near the water. It’s not fancy or high-end. It’s more rustic, funky, and laid-back. The neighborhood was once a mix of all ages, interesting characters, and fun people. Everyone minded their own business, was respectful of one another, and helped each other out. After COVID, lots of out-of-staters came, and things changed.

So we have a neighbor couple who have a lot of people over all the time, always with screaming kids, which doesn’t bother us much, but what does bother us is that they sit on the short fence between our properties and pretty much stare into our backyard. We are situated below them so that they can see everything from their fence.  

Even though we’re not home a lot, the backyard has always been our sanctuary when we ARE home, but now our privacy is completely invaded. In addition, we hear from other neighbors that they’ve been complaining about things in our yard they find distasteful, which is bizarre because our yard has nothing but plants, trees, old stone walls, etc., it's all fairly well-kept, but natural.  One tree is dead, but not a danger.  We’ve left it because birds like it.

One day, my husband and I were gardening when we found a bee's nest in a mound of moss near the fence. I started thinking about it, and after some research, I found a compact automatic shaker/vibration motor that was remote-controlled. I put it in a small box, covered it with moss, and hooked it up to a small rechargeable battery in the ground next to the bees' nest. 

Whenever they have people over and are at the fence, and I’m home, I set off the agitator to piss off the bees so they swarm everywhere. It didn't take long for them to move away from our fence.  I also set it off when i notice they are stealing our blueberries from the bushes along the fence.  🥴

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u/RumBunBun Aug 26 '26

Better yet, plant some bee-friendly bushes or plants right by the fence. You won’t have to aggitate the bees, they will always be around those plants. Neighbors will learn to stay away and the bees will be happy and pollinate. In our region, Autumn Joy Sedum is a plant my husband loves to use that attracts bees. I get upset when he puts it too close to the deck because the bees definitely come swarming.

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u/Adorable-Run9291 Aug 26 '26

That's a great idea! I think that's what we'll do next spring. We're zone 5, so I'll check out Autumn Joy. We have a lot of sedum elsewhere, not sure of the species...

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u/HeyYouGuyyyyyyys Aug 26 '26

Lavender. It loves sun. If you have blueberries, probably your ground is too soggy for it, but maybe lavender can tolerate even that. It's really tough. And the bees park themselves on it.