The parameters θ of our model.

For simplicity, the average weight of bees w is fixed based on previously reported results. The remaining parameters are inferred from data within a prior range of admissible parameters (right column). The boundaries of the range of flat priors were chosen based on the cited references or on values smaller/larger than reasonably possible values (e.g., the maximum weight max(W) is chosen to be the maximum total weight of the hive at all times). In all cases reported below, the inferred parameters remained away from the boundaries, indicating that our choice of boundaries has no influence on our results.