The importance of controlled mating in honeybee breeding

Table 1 Overview of the parameters used for the simulations

\(N_b\)	\(N_p\)	\(N_s\)	q	\(r_{md}\)
500	0^a	0^b	0	− 0.53
1000	500	5	0.25	− 0.88
2000	1000	10	0.5
	2000	20	0.75
	\(\infty\)^a		1

\(N_b\) number of breeding queens per year, \(N_p\) number of passive queens per year, \(N_s\) number of isolated mating stations, q relative proportion of passive queens with breeding queen dams, \(r_{md}\) correlation between maternal and direct effect
^aOnly in combination with \(q = 0\)
^bIndicates uncontrolled mating

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