The temperatures outside are scorching, but that doesn’t mean people won’t be going out back for a barbecue. Odds are, time around the grill will be shared with bugs.

Luckily, advice blog TipNut provides instructions on constructing two different traps using soda bottles: one to position on the ground and one to hang.

Another blog, Lifehacker, gives advice on how to repel flies with a bag of water.

Try these tricks out on the next barbecue and let me know if they work.