Cyborg bees.

[Crumplehat]

Don't bother with nano-honey, take a dead bee put him on the table and insert cabling, a battery, two flashes and some reinforced metal. Buzz him back to life with your wrench! It's alive!

What he said! Theycould look like bee buddies though. More rounded with wings and can still buzz around.

How do you make bee buddies anyway?

Just get square eggs from Bombeeni

Also bee-buddys are totally not guardbuddies in costumes, it's the other way around. They're resprited bees, and are thus bees in all respects that matter (ie; they can dance and barf honey).