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Maybe peak solarpunk: An Ohio solar farm invited 3 million bees to work beneath its panels. (www.ecoportal.net)
submitted 2 months ago by to c/solarpunk@slrpnk.net
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An Ohio solar farm invited 3 million bees to work beneath its panels, make honey, and teach employees how to become beekeepers, and it is working. I had never come across solar beekeeping before, but it's an awesome synergy of nature and green energy tech!

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[–] 26 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Well I mean bee farming with solar panels is innovative, but bee farms won't save the bees. That would be like saying that birds can't be endangered, we have lots of chickens

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  • [–] 15 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    Yeah, unfortunately the best thing they could have done for native bees is plant native flowers under the panels and keep no honeybees.

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    • [–] 3 points 2 months ago

    Pique solarpunk

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    [–] 4 points 2 months ago

    Rip native bees

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    [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    Red clover my fav :))

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