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A little whatabouteryYes and no... A method of slaughter is either humane or it isn't. One might argue that of the inhumane methods, some are more humane than others. However, they are still inhumane.
I agree the fipronil strategy seems like the most effective and appropriate approach should we end up with an endemic issue.
Whilst the fipronil method may be arguably humane for destroying a nest by killing the queen thus meaning reproduction stops and it dies out, rather than killing everything in it outright (as I understand it, that's the aim of this method), it's still not a nice way for any individual hornet to die so could still be considered an inhumane death for the queen and those workers which also succumb to the poison, whilst being humane from the whole nest perspective.
What about the humane saving of the predated honey bee colony?