Table 3.

CFD parameters

	Parameter	Value	Units
1	Empty comb conductance	0.023	WK−1 m−1
2	Ambient air velocity (inlet)	0.05	ms−1
3	Inlet turbulent energy k	9.79 10−8	m2s−2
4	Inlet turbulent dissipation rate ε	9.94 10−11	M2s−3
5	Inlet-specific turbulent dissipation rate ω	3.38 10−3	s−1
6	Comb frame conductance	0.12	WK−1 m−1
6	Hive conductance	0.12	WK−1 m−1
8	Wire mesh pitch	4	mm
9	Wire mesh wire diameter	1	mm
10	Brood covering volume	3.4	Litres
11	Model mesh size	3.2	Cells × 106