Effects of climate on intra- and interspecific size variation in bumble-bees

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Morphological traits are linked to the cold performance and distribution of bees along elevational gradients (2016, methodology): “Our results underscore findings of Ruttner et al. (1995) and Peat et al. (2005), who report honeybees and bumblebees’ body size and hair length to increase along latitudinal temperature gradients respectively.”
Evidence for competition between honeybees and bumblebees; effects on bumblebee worker size (2009, background): “The thorax width is proportional to the overall size of the bee (Peat et al. 2005a, b).”
Big bees do a better job: intraspecific size variation influences pollination effectiveness. (2014, background): “Larger bumblebee foragers have longer tongues, resulting in more nectar collection (Peat et al. 2005; Peat & Goulson 2005), larger more sensitive eyes and brains (Macuda et al.”
Principles of Environmental Physics: Plants, Animals, and the Atmosphere (2013, background): “Ecologists have noted that bumble bee foragers have a wide range of body sizes, and have speculated that this may be related to adaptation to climates where temperatures fluctuate through a wide range (Peat et al., 2005).”
Body size variation in insects: a macroecological perspective (2010, background): “Some of this variation is a consequence of food availability to juvenile stages (Emlen & Nijhout, 2000; Peat et al., 2005).”