Wasps- help

[maddymama]

Hi Mamas,
Wasps around here are BAD this year.... and last week DD1 was stung 4X on the playground, poor kiddo. This past week, we've seen two inside the house (which has caused DD1 to panick, and I've had to kill the wasps).
Are there any natural remedies/products that you've used to control wasps?
I've searched the internet and I've found:
wasp traps- do they work? I'm not sure how keen I am on emptying out a nest daily with some of them still alive-ish and DD1 freaking out..... but I'll try it.
fake wasp nests- do they work once a wasp nest has already been built near your house, or do you have to put them up over the winter to prevent them from being built next year?
and soap/hot water spray- seems easy enough, but I'm having trouble picturing the bottles to spray it with bc they say not to use spray bottles....

Any advice? Any thing I've missed?
Thanks!
~maddymama

[rere]

Last year we had wasps build a nest inside our wall.The wasp trap didn't do much.I finally bought some non chemical spray.It shoots really far!It didn't get rid of the nest (because it was inside the wall and we would have had to stand on a ladder,spray the stuff in a little hole and then jump down before the swarm of wasps came out to get us.And neither my husband or I were willing to do that) but it definitely stopped them from hanging around in the yard for awhile after I sprayed their entryway.

[1jooj]

In the past, we've done bowls of soda and dishsoap (handmade traps, I guess) placed in various corners around the area. I've seen good results with Mountain Dew or Orange soda. They're attracted to the sugar and then the soap reduces surface tension, ensuring they slip into the water and can't get out. It's yucky, but what we've done is put these out for picnics and such, and then when we're done outside, dump them (after sunset).