Table 5.

Simulation parameters with mites.

Initial number of mites	200
Lifetime of mite	27 days
Mite daily survival rate in summer	0.994
Mite daily survival rate in winter	0.998
Reproductive rate of foundress mite in drone brood	2.6
Reproductive rate of foundress mite in worker brood	1.5
Maximum number of mites in capped brood	4
Maximum number of mites per infested hive or drone bee $\xi$	6
Grooming rate $\gamma$	0.05
Transmission rate $\beta$	0.25