I've never EVER once been able to catch bees in any AC game
I always panic when the hive falls and fumble to get my net out in time before I get attacked
With the latest update, you can hold your net while shaking trees. That way when a bee drops, you'll turn towards it automatically with a shocked face, and you can just mash 'A' until it works and ta-da! Bee caught!
For me, I still haven't caught the house centipede. It remains elusive. Tarantula and scorpions were oddly easy for me? I got them on the second and first tries, respectively. The first time I saw one it scared me half to death though, I didn't know they were a thing.
Going way back, the mole cricket. Now it's easy.
At first, I needed another person to help. One to dig the hole, the other to catch it.
They vanished a whole lot quicker in WW than NL.
In NL, they're walking around long enough for you to snag it.
I agree WW was tough for mole crickets. I used to have troubles in GCN, but because I dug so many holes that I couldn't get around to it before it left the acre and vanished.