Oh, the buzzing of the bees

Hard to tell what this is. Bee. wasp? Mud dauber?

I’m no expert, but I’m going with Honey-Bee due to this first image:


Body seems too rounded and connected to be a paper wasp or mud-dauber:


But in some angles it looks more elongated:

I’m still going with Honey Bee.

I have a couple of those B-52 sized Carpenter Bees that fly around here all the time, haven’t caught one on a cam yet. They have a loud engine.

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Looks like wasp to me, to yellow to be a bee or a mud dauber.