If you have hornets or yellowjackets it is best to be rid of them but paper wasps as you have are rarely aggressive and I have worked around them both in the a garden atmosphere and while painting houses.
I once tried cutting off the branch that held a bald-face hornet nest when I was working at the Minnesota zoo and we had wasp nests, several types, all over the zoo grounds some of which had to be eradicated as they were harassing paying patrons.
One hornet came charging out, he was as fast as greased lighting, bounced off of my chest and left without stinging.
I decided to let bygones be bygones.
My boss said that was a good idea.
