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.

[u/ArgentineBeauty]

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/

[u/Professional_Bed_87]

Worried about bees people? Plant. More. Wildflowers. If everyone removed some of their grass, native bee populations would explode.

[u/Ryan_e3p → u/Professional_Bed_87]

Too much work for the average person. Tell them to just stop mowing. Telling people they can do more by actually doing less is how to win over the masses.

[u/Great_Definition_531 → u/Ryan_e3p]

It’s not too much work. I bought a hundred native plants at a local sale this spring and they are thriving and covered in pollinators. Learn to prep a site (not hard) and look for these programs in spring. Easy.

[u/HH_Creations → u/Great_Definition_531]

Can they grow with grass still there? For those of us who rent and would probably get in a lot of trouble pulling grass