Nowadays you can get any 35mm film on CD as well as on paper so you don't
need to buy a digital camera if you are happy with what you have.  I am pleased
with my old Practica LTL3.. For macro use I put extension rings behind the
usual lens.  I haven't in fact used it much for bees, more for flowers, and have
been able to get, for example, close ups of the pollinia of butterfly orchids
without disturbing the plant.

I have taken photos of butterflies on plants 10 feet away without disturbing
them by putting the extension rings behind a 200mm lens.  The depth of focus
is much reduced to maybe a couple of inches but the insect itself fills the
picture sharply with a fuzzy background.

Chris

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