I decided to go for the mechanical version, one: because it is easier and two: because there will be a lot more room for interesting details.

For today I will stop now and look at it again tomorrow, to see if I’m happy with the general shape (it’s always a good idea in my experience, to look at it with ‘fresh’ eyes).
I am not going for perfect bee proportions, but just want something that is pleasing to the (/my) eye…
Wings and feet aren’t done yet, I don’t know how I want to do them, so I just put some placeholders there, so at least I know, where they will be.
The final model will get a very basic rig, so that I can pose it to look more interesting.