The effect of diet breadth and nesting ecology on body size variation in bees (Apoidea)

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Does intraspecific size variation in bumblebees allow colonies to efficiently exploit different flowers? (2005, background): “In contrast, other eusocial bee species generally exhibit less than a two-fold variation in worker mass within nests (Waddington et al., 1986; Ramalho et al., 1998; Roulston & Cane, 2000).”
Can alloethism in workers of the bumblebee, Bombus terrestris, be explained in terms of foraging efficiency? (2002, unknown): “Roulston & Cane (2000) found that the CV of females of 31 bee species varied from 0.018 to 0.117, with workers of the highly social A. mellifera varying least in size.”
Effects of climate on intra- and interspecific size variation in bumble-bees (2005, background): “In contrast, other eusocial bee species such as honey-bees and stingless bees generally exhibit less than a twofold variation in worker mass within nests (Waddington, Herbst & Roubik 1986; Ramalho, Imperatriz-Fonseca & Giannini 1998; Roulston & Cane 2000).”