Wow, that bee says energy to me! Very attentive, energetic, and focused. He is, however, small and I loose him and those great feelings in all that verbage. Can we find a way to balance the visual weight of the bee and the text?
I like the balance of graphic and text on 139. iIth the bee larger, I can really see a fretting extression - which I want to avoid - from the downturned lip corner. 138 is a little to psychotic for my tastes.
I like the expression and the color swap on the face in 152. The yellow streak in the gradient is distracting - the back end in 148 was much more readable as a stinger. The swoosh in 150 is nice, as is the change to a more headed bee in that design/angle.