The Queendom of Cloverfield Hive has a new queen bee, Rania Cloverfield. Her family of honey bees are the friendliest, most hardworking, and smartest bugs in Winners Park and no one had better say otherwise! It is time for the Pride Race, a friendly competition where all types of bugs are challenged to overcome all of the obstacles in the park and be the first to the make it to the finish line. When Buddy, the hive's most popular scout is selected and declared Queen's Best, he must face the challenge of believing in himself. His adventure becomes a picture of what it really means to be a winner. 

The title of this book came from one of my mother's inspirational talks in 2005 and was written at a time when I doubted my creative abilities. "According to the laws of aerodynamics", she shared, "a honeybee is disproportionate for flight, yet it flies." I had found that particularly fascinating because the last time I had checked, honeybees fly quite well. I grew increasingly curious about them and conducted months and months of research about their life cycle, hive life, you name it. I created a race where a variety of beneficial insects race one another to show off their unique abilities. I made them all different to illustrate how there are a variety of people in the world. Each bug has a unique purpose just like each person who is here - to make a contribution to the world that rest of us can't live without.This is especially true of honeybees. Because if it were not for their hard work there would not be so many great fruits and vegetables for everyone to enjoy.

I conducted many years worth of research about the nature and life cycle of each insect, so that I could put together a realistic and enjoyable story for people of all ages I truly hope that everyone who reads it will come to love the heart of the hero, Buddy Cloverfield, and to learn the true meaning of victory.