Feel free to rant about your troubles here! Catharsis is good for the soul!
On that note, yeah. I've lived in those areas. It's weird, sometimes they're only a block or two large.
Anyway, if you've got pricks to worry about, maybe check out the youtube channel of Cody's Lab. Where he builds a stealth beehive!
I am subscribed to cody's channel he has all sorts of good information, the beehive inside the flower pot is a good one