The story – two young kids are in the park one day, somehow hear from the insects that tonight is the coronation of the King (or Queen) Bee. They sneak out of the house that night to attend the grand coronation in the park.
Stump the Bookseller
New format, same book stumper solving.
There are vague similarities with ‘Jack’s Insects’ by Edmund Selous, pub. 1910.
Two children, Jack and Maggie, travel inside a book on insects. At one point, they are invited to the court of the Queen Bee.
https://archive.org/details/jacksinsects0000unse/page/355/mode/1up?q=%22Queen+bee%22
However there is no coronation, no park.