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]

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[u/Professional_Bed_87]

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

[u/ijustreadhere1 → u/Professional_Bed_87]

One of the great joys of summer is when the Russian sage shoots up and the bees swarm that shit! It just makes me happy every time I go outside and see them buzzing around