I prefer the second one. In the first one, it's hard to make out the entire bee. It looks more like severed pieces of a bee on the flower. In the second one, although the eyes may not be visible, the entire bee is clearly defined. I think that including the eyes is a bonus when dealing with animals with eyes to which we can relate. Bug eyes are so different than what we normally see as eyes that it doesn't make as big an impact (exceptions are the macros of bug's eyes showing the hundreds of lenses which I really like). The third picture looks too gimmicky. The selected desaturation just doesn't work for me there. Besides, there are a few pieces of pollen outside the focal area that are still colored and are distracting. I guess you could clone those out though.
Non-the-less, I vote for #2, not that the others are bad.
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