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Does this only work in the hive? Or is the heat concentrated enough even out in the open?

It seems to work even out in the open. This video shows some thermal camera imagery of it: https://youtu.be/euMNIu9a7ps?t=312

Ah interesting. And it looks like it then doesn't kill the colony's honeybees, since they can withstand a higher temperature than the hornet.