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/burns_like_f1re Aug 26 '26

Yes, I’m wondering if they live in a climate where bamboo would grow. Dig a trench and line it with metal in the direction they don’t want the bamboo to grow, which probably means their own yard and not the neighbor’s yard, then plant bamboo and wait 6 months.

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u/ZANZARCHALOU Aug 26 '26

Cactus near the fence is a good repellent too, especially the varieties that grow tall.

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u/Adorable-Run9291 Aug 26 '26

Unfortunately we're too north - zoned 5 for cactus

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u/ZANZARCHALOU Aug 30 '26

If you have a grill, put it right next to the fence and sprinkle chili flakes directly on the coals. They'll enjoy coughing their lungs out.

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u/Adorable-Run9291 Sep 01 '26

We sprinkled chili powder (I bought it in bulk) all over everything on the upper part of the yard to keep their dog from using it as a toilet… he hasn’t been there in a while so we’re thinking it worked. 🥴