Usually I use a Macro Lens for Bee Photography a Canon 60mm or Canon 100mm L lens sometimes I use a crop camera which allows me stay a little farther away form the bees than full size camera (35mm).
When shooting at higher F stops I use a flash .The higher F stop lets you get longer focus range of the bee, the smaller f stop has less in focus.
Bees wings move extremely fast ,so you need extremely fast shutter speed . There speed is between 10-20 mph, when flying to a food source, and about 12 mph (17 km/h), when returning with. nectar, pollen, propolis or water. Fruit flies, in comparison, are 80 times smaller than honeybees, but flap their wings only 200 times a second.
More of my photos of bees at this link below
https://ucphotos.online/bee-photo-gallery/
