r/UpliftingNews 4h ago

Two Minnesota solar farms planted native grasses and wildflowers beneath their panels. Five years later, flowering plant species had increased sevenfold, native bee numbers more than 20 fold and total insect numbers had tripled, while more bees were also visiting nearby soybean fields.

https://www.ecoticias.com/en/two-minnesota-solar-farms-turned-the-ground-beneath-their-panels-into-habitat-and-native-bee-abundance-rose-more-than-20-fold/36680/
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u/darkoath 3h ago

Poor maintenance people getting stung to death, but we got too many people and not enough bees, so send in the next maintenance guy.

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u/bogeuh 3h ago

What do you even base this fantasy on?