Table 2.

Model outputs for factors affecting the average number of female mite offspring per colony analysed by population. Significant variables denoted with (*).

	Dependent	Parameter	n	df	χ2	p (0.025)
Surviving population	Female mite offspring	Brood stage	1460 cells (41 colonies)	5	0.12	0.027
		Number of foundresses		6	5.85	0.120
		Recapping efficacy		1	10.01	0.004*
		Colony		39	181.97	< 0.001**
Susceptible population		Brood stage	1742 cells (53 colonies)	5	26.73	< 0.001**
		Number of foundresses		4	18.31	< 0.001**
		Recapping efficacy		1	0.32	0.588
		Colony		52	171.39	< 0.001**