Modeling honey yield, defensive and swarming behaviors of Italian honey bees (Apis mellifera ligustica) using linear-threshold approaches

Table 2 Correlations, heritability, and predictability from a multi-trait threshold linear model for Italian honey bee traits

Trait	Honey yield	Defensive behavior	Swarming behavior
Honey yield	0.25¹ ± 0.04	0.19^NS ± 0.12	0.41^** ± 0.14
Defensive behavior		0.43 ± 0.05	0.62^** ± 0.11
Swarming behavior			0.42 ± 0.05
Predictability	0.46	0.30	0.45

NS = P > 0.05; ** P < 0.01
¹Genetic correlations (± standard errors) are above the diagonal, and heritability estimates (± standard errors) are on the diagonal. Predictability was the correlation between breeding values estimated with and without performance information

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