Santa Barbara poets respond to the exhibit "SWARM: A Collaboration with Bees" at Ganna Walska Lotusland in Montecito, California. Poems reflect themes of the exhibit and place. Poems on bees, art, mythology, and gardens. Part of The Shoreline Voices Series. Contributors include Ron Alexander, Diane August, Barbara Bates, Gudrun Bortman, Laure-Anne Bosselaar, Kurt Brown, Mary Brown, Susan Chiavelli, Neal Crosbie, Frances Davis, Pamela Davis, Marsha de la O, John Elliot, Paul Fericano, Tessa Flanagan, Suzanne Frost, Luci Janssen, Richard Jarrette, Gabriella Klein, Wendy Wilder Larsen, Zachary Liebhaber, Perie Longo, Glenna Luschei, Enid Osborn, David Peacock, Christine Penko, Peg Quinn, RBS, John Ridland,
Linda Saccoccio, Barry Spacks, Michael Wilds, Paul J. Willis, George Yatchisin, and Chryss Yost.