When you think of a bee, what kind of bee do you picture? A fat, furry bumblebee? Or a hardworking honey bee? Lots of people think that anything that buzzes and has black and yellow stripes is a bee (not true) and that all bees sting (they don't). Whether they live alone or together, in a hive or in a hole in the ground, bees do some of the most important work on the planet: pollinating plants.