[R] Extract Residual Variance from lmer using VarCorr

I am trying to extract the residual variance from an lmer object. I have tried using VarCorr() which allows me to see the estimate but can not save it by itself. How can I get this from VarCorr() or is there another function available for this? Thanks, ben __

[R] Extract Residual Variance from lmer using VarCorr

I am trying to extract the residual variance from an lmer object. I have tried using VarCorr() which allows me to see the estimate but can not save it by itself. How can I get this from VarCorr() or is there another function available for this? Thanks, ben _