1.02022 Archive of RENATURED, Marina Zurkow's Research Bloghttps://o-matic.com/blog-archive-2022Marinahttps://o-matic.com/blog-archive-2022/blog/author/admin/NY Time' guest columnist  <a title="View all posts by Leon Kreitzman" href="http://judson.blogs.nytimes.com/author/Leon-Kreitzman/">Leon Kreitzman</a> writing for Olivia Judson's <a href="http://judson.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/28/guest-column-lets-hear-it-for-the-bees/?apage=1#comment-43695" target="_blank">The Wild Side</a>,<a title="View all posts by Leon Kreitzman" href="http://judson.blogs.nytimes.com/author/Leon-Kreitzman/"> </a>wrote in April about bees' ability to tell the time of day and harvest pollen accordingly<a title="View all posts by Leon Kreitzman" href="http://judson.blogs.nytimes.com/author/Leon-Kreitzman/"> </a> <blockquote>In <a href="http://www.us.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/LifeSciences/Botany/?view=usa&ci=9780198569343" target="new">“Philosophia Botanica”</a> (1751), the great taxonomist Carl Linnaeus proposed that it should be possible to plant a floral clock. He noted that two species of daisy, the hawk’s-beard and the hawkbit, opened and closed at their respective times within about a half-hour each day. He suggested planting these daisies along with St. John’s Wort, marigolds, water-lilies and other species in a circle. The rhythmic opening and closing of the plants would be the effective hands of this clock.</blockquote> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linnaeus%27_flower_clock" target="_blank">Here</a>'s a suggested collection of plants to use, which would open in sequence over time. [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="400" caption="Horologium Flore, via Whispering Crane Institute"]<a href="http://whisperingcraneinstitute.wordpress.com/2008/02/14/more-on-the-flower-clock/"><img src="http://whisperingcraneinstitute.files.wordpress.com/2008/02/flowerclock.jpg" alt="Horologium Flore, via Whispering Crane Institute" width="400" height="458" /></a>[/caption] I'm staying at the sculptor <a href="http://www.julia-barton.co.uk/" target="_blank">Julia Barton</a>'s beautiful house in a hamlet called Donkleywood in Northumberland National Park, surrounded by sheep fields. It's raining out, and her garden is sparkling. Swallows are absailing in and out of the eaves. [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Julia Barton's garden"]<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/22155573@N00/3635706590/"><img title="Julia Bartons garden" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3392/3635706590_1e09236583.jpg?v=0" alt="Julia Bartons garden" width="500" height="333" /></a>[/caption]rich