Velutina nest found 200 m from my apiary in late October — is destroying it this late still worth it, and who do I call?

Provence, eight years, sixteen hives. A neighbour clearing branches found a nest the size of a beach ball high in a plane tree at the edge of the village, and it's unmistakably Vespa velutina. It's about 200 metres from my apiary and explains the hawking I've had at the entrances since August. My question is about value. By late October a mature nest has already produced and released the founder queens that will hibernate and start next year's nests, so there's an argument that destroying it now is mostly symbolic. Around here it's reported to the mairie and handled by a registered operator, and in other countries there are national reporting schemes and it's an offence to leave it unreported. Anyone reading this who thinks they've found one — report it, don't attack it. A disturbed velutina nest is genuinely dangerous and a botched job scatters the colony. So: for those in the invaded regions, has late-season nest destruction measurably reduced your local pressure the following year? And what are you doing at hive level in the meantime — muzzles, reduced entrances, harps?