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submitted 2 months ago by artifex@piefed.zip to c/solarpunk@slrpnk.net

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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[-] SlippiHUD@slrpnk.net 15 points 2 months ago

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

[-] tdawg@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Well the article explains they did plant native flowers. But what's wrong with honey bees?

[-] sparkyshocks@lemmy.zip 17 points 2 months ago

European honeybees protected by human beekeepers outcompete native pollinators for the nectar and pollen that these plants grow, so that the native pollinators struggle to get enough food.

this post was submitted on 19 Aug 2026
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