Bob Flynn - same on blooskyさんのイラストまとめ

Though, it looks like they were originally in blue/gray.
They played alongside Cecily G. (presuming G stands for giraffe)

spring chicken /

'Tugboat Bill' illustrated by @TadCarpenter is a welcome contemporary tugboat surprise. Big fan of Tad's work.
Rocking this primary color palette.

And within the same span of years (early 60s) you have Friz Freleng birth the 'Pink Panther' into existence. Not a tiger, a panther....but like Snagglepuss, also pink.

It's a lot of similar-looking tall hip cats to keep track of.

This is all more a case to say that while round bee designs are very cute and adorable, there are a lot of ways to design a cute honey bee.

Hallmark Valentine (?), Fisher Price Bee (1972?)

Miscellaneous examples.
(Teen Titans, Bee and Puppycat, Bee & Me)

Yes, you've seen them on Adventure Time, where they 100% fit that aesthetic.

I guess what I mean is they used to be more segmented like actually bees. Still looking nothing like actual bees, but following the insect segmenting (head, thorax, butt-stinger)

little guy on parade /