In short words:
1) I shoot bee portraits for honey pot labels since 2007 (I have the labels printed and delivered to the bee-keepers), I get money and honey for the work & it is a lot of fun
2) Now by sheer chance I discovered that sometimes I can track down the bee in flight, also capture some landing operations and the like.
3) Now that I found it can be done accidentally I want to do it more and more intentionally. The Physics limits of the task:
plus of course I need a short time because bees tend to move fast erratically and sometimes unintentionally with the wind. Not a big thing given enough light and cranking up the ISO which is no problem with modern FF-Cameras
4) What I currently do is employ 3D-tracking, then saving the setting and trying to move with the bee in parallel. Not a very high yield though.
5) What I do not want is to intervene with the bees life to push her of the track she is on. I want to picture genuine bee's life, to learn about the little animals by watching how they behave relatively undisturbed.
Any suggestion to improve my shooting "bees in flight" is greatly appreciated...
(some examples posted later, visitors in the door)