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When we were young and spent our summer hols in a caravan in the wilds of Essex.. our dad used an old jam or honey jar with some remnant left in.. poked a small hole (big enough for a wasp) in the lid from the top with screwdriver, quarter filled the jar with water, screwed on the lid.. and put this on the kitchen shelf.. the wasp searching for sugar went to investigate. Climbed in, but could not climb out.. exhausted it fell into a sugary pool of death, by the end of the week we had to empty the jar with a dozen dead wasps and start over.
A Mediterranean trick I have seen when eating outside. Is to put a whole lemon in a glass and fill with water. When the sun is out the glass of water (needs direct sunlight on the glass to work) apparently freaks out the wasps and they stay away.
Some ideas I’ve seen
Killing wasps is no deterrent, they are great predators though, controlling common pests in the garden. They don’t freak me out and I have never been stung, probably because I never get into a flap when they are about..