When you think about bees, do you picture a honeybee? How do you recognize a bee when you meet one on a flower? What even is a bee? Bees are best known for pollinating plants and making honey, but did you know that not all bees make honey? There are 20,000 species of bees, and only a few of those bees are honeybees. What about the other bees? And the bee mimics that look like bees and may even help pollinate plants too? In this nonfiction picture book, kids get to meet some of the other, less well-known bees, while also learning about insect identification. It's time learn what makes a bee a bee and discover the bees that live in your own backyard! For fans of Honeybee: The Busy Life of Apis Mellifera and Give Bees a Chance. A Bee or Not a Bee is ideal for kids ages 4-8.