Thanks for introducing me to this insect. In 2019, we wanted to “grow” them but realized we would never have enough food to feed them. Got quail in March,2020 and began seeing BSF adults under the pen. Now we have thousands of larvae eating quail waste and food spillage. We love ‘em.
Thank you very much for the playlist and for all your educational videos, i'm subscribing because is very difficult to find a channel so organized, I could find what I was looking for easily and now I want to see other playlist with interesting topics!! The work in this channel is precious, thank you to all of you!!
The odor problem can be very well addressed with EM-4. I have also a way to multiply EM-4 right at the farm making its usage extremely cheap. And since the BFS adults are attracted by bacteria growing in the food scraps as already scientifically demonstrated I have also observed that EM-4 bacteria consortium is ideal to : 1. Repels house flies 2. Atract BSF adults.
A well aerobic compost heap with good bedding should attract them if you live in an area where they live naturally. You could try a slightly higher green to brown ratio to pull them in. Once they're there they bring in others. Over winter put some of the finished larvae in a nearby garden or plant box so you get them the next warm season
I had some pop up in my worm bin, I was not sure what they were. After a while they started hatching and were all over my grow room. Since the adult fly only lives about a week, I am leaving them for the time being. I wonder if they will lay in the worm bin again and repeat the cycle?
1:40 "Hey, you guys want to take a break from eating dinner and check out my bucket of live maggots? No need to stand up, I'll bring them to the table. I have them in a clear container, so I can put it on the table next to the yellow rice." Cue the serious music: 9:10 "odor abatement is important. Odor production can be a real challenge and I'll go over how we can mitigate that." Just a funny coincidence. as if it would follow with "Have you or a loved one suffered from odor? Call now, get help... we care."
I’m trying to find out wether North American Carrion beetles or their larva eat BSFL like they do house fly larva. I don’t think they do because the BSFL are so big and they also eat house fly maggots.
Hey Carl , how much does the temperature elevate in the big bin at its center compared to the surrounding temperature , you said it somewhere but don't have time to listen again for hours !?
finding infomation on bsf is difficult i have a pod set up with I put 700 in and they were doing good but the last two days they just went lazy. I was finding some that looked like they may already been pupating or just dead in the box and several that were the black pre pupa stage. I removed alot of the substrate thinking it may of been tok dry an they were burrowing instead of climbing out. However even the white large grubs are just almost dormate like the are too cold dispite the highs being 80s an at night i put the bin in the garage where it stays warmer at night. I have no idea why they have just went into a almost dead state
You are making great videos, but if I might make a suggestion, you need to go over your closed caption texts. Closed captions are the only way that non-hearing people can enjoy your videos unless you focus on your face enough all the time to do lip reading. The UA-cam software for closed caption does not handle regional accents well and you often end up with nonsense. So please for your hearing disabled viewers, always check your closed caption text before posting.
I love the idea of a BSF farm, however I havn't figured out what someone might do during the winter months. We're in zone 8b, Portland Oregon area, so our winters are mild but still get some snow.
Hello, I am sure that GodsLoveMinistry is 100% correct PLUS termites are NOT wanted in any way, shape or form around any human habitat!!! Best regards, Skip :}) 11/30/16
termites are social insects (like bees & ants)who live in colonies. unlike bsfl you cannot simply attract a commoner among termites to lay eggs because they are not fertile. also Queen termites do not emerge year round, you cannot manage waste with termites. also unlike BSF they are a pest. so even if you successfully start a colony most likely it will not be viable.
They are technically edible and they are supposed to be free from bacteria and parasites. There are home units available for producing them for you to eat.
I am thinking about trying to start a BSF compost for my chickens. I also have several beehives and wanted to know if the BSF will have any kind of effect of them in ANY way?
Adam Lewis They shouldn't. Bsf adults don't actually eat and therefore can't rob your bees or compete with pollen collection. The species are so different there is little risk of bsf messing with your bees. Unless you put sugary foods in the bin and the bees were super hungry.
I love that u touched every aspect of what u can do with this I do have reptiles and I am very strongly considering doing this because Its just fucking amazing
Once established, the BSFL police it themselves. They are greedy and will keep other flies out by the field expedient of just eating their eggs. No eggs, no other larva/adults.
I had millions until I flipped out and thought they were botfly larva and set them all on fire... idiot... well now I know and welcome them. I had a black soldier fly just visit us on our porch 🤣
Others have found that the BSFL will eat the housefly eggs putting a stop to the life cycle. Once the BSFL are established, the houseflies are unlikely to be an issue.
For making them breeding capable should we have to adopt special method to grow them, as the larvae sellers in my region are saying that they cannot provide for breeding as it requires special treatment to larvae, only what they can provide is for feeding purpose but alive.
Ironically the most hated bugs species ( fly) are basically an abundance of resources if used correctly....🤣🤣🤣 Admit it the insect were an an abundance of animal resources that humanity had since many Millennia... Bees, beetle, silk worm caterpillar, etc......😁😁😁😁
So what can you do, if your area doesn't have these Bsf, only the green flies you see at the "dump" or sitting on poop? That's all we have in the north east.
You lost a slight portion of the validity of the whole thing when the larvae/maggots were called grubs... when if fact as you stated, these are not grubs but maggots. Other than that, I did watch all the videos... informative, and really makes me want to give this a shot here in Thailand. As an Agricultural Biology major, with emphasis on entomology, calling them grubs just kills me, haha. Good info though, thanks.
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Booo Irvine company! I have tons of wild bsf in very suburban orange county ca (before the phoebe's and sparrows get the adults anyway). they really are the perfect animal for humans and maggots is just fine by me. these insects are just amazing paired with red worms and cardboard. It can be done in an urban setting. These guys just destroy any and all garbage overnight. Only downside is they are gone in winter about November on. You dont need special gear a regular tumbler will get eggs all over it
These guys love quoting climate change misinformation. Reducing waste is obviously a benefit but the idea that methane is causing "global warming" is complete nonsense. Methane, CO2 and even CO are such an insignificant fraction of the gasses in our atmosphere. H2O has the greatest affect on temperature in terms of gasses but the greatest affect is obviously the sun which we have no control over. These guys just regurgitate the same old unproven talking points in every video.
Thanks for introducing me to this insect. In 2019, we wanted to “grow” them but realized we would never have enough food to feed them. Got quail in March,2020 and began seeing BSF adults under the pen. Now we have thousands of larvae eating quail waste and food spillage. We love ‘em.
This is a great video. I learned so much.
This may seem like an odd question, but can your quail consume the BSFL or do you only use them to dispose of the quail waste?
❤ watching from Nigeria,I started mi BSF today.
Thank you very much for the playlist and for all your educational videos, i'm subscribing because is very difficult to find a channel so organized, I could find what I was looking for easily and now I want to see other playlist with interesting topics!! The work in this channel is precious, thank you to all of you!!
The odor problem can be very well addressed with EM-4. I have also a way to multiply EM-4 right at the farm making its usage extremely cheap. And since the BFS adults are attracted by bacteria growing in the food scraps as already scientifically demonstrated I have also observed that EM-4 bacteria consortium is ideal to : 1. Repels house flies 2. Atract BSF adults.
+Jose Luiz Garcia you sound professional could you tell me how can I attract Bsfs in the first time.
Jose Luiz Garcia im also thinking lacto bacillius..
A well aerobic compost heap with good bedding should attract them if you live in an area where they live naturally. You could try a slightly higher green to brown ratio to pull them in. Once they're there they bring in others. Over winter put some of the finished larvae in a nearby garden or plant box so you get them the next warm season
EXCELLENT VIDEO!
Would this work in the northern climate. I’m in upstate NY
Great 👍
I'm just here, because I buy black soilder fly flakes for fish food and wondered about it. Very interesting stuff.
Thank you so much sir. You are a blessing.
very nice
thanks very informative and very complete.. great help to us farmers..
With the high calcium content of BSF, would I be able to feed them in dried pulverized form to snails if doing heliculture?
Great feed!
Thanks for sharing
This is so great, thank you for providing this!
I had some pop up in my worm bin, I was not sure what they were. After a while they started hatching and were all over my grow room. Since the adult fly only lives about a week, I am leaving them for the time being. I wonder if they will lay in the worm bin again and repeat the cycle?
Thank you so much for sharing such in depth and concise knowledge!
Great introduction to BSF!
Great dicussion need to hear part 2!
Can you recommend an enzyme or any chemical to add to food and vegetables waste to reduce the odour or stench emanating from the waste
How do you dry/dehydrate the grubs?? Thanks. Skip :}) 11/30/16
Cool information. Have you book or something like to reed about BSF?
1:40 "Hey, you guys want to take a break from eating dinner and check out my bucket of live maggots? No need to stand up, I'll bring them to the table. I have them in a clear container, so I can put it on the table next to the yellow rice."
Cue the serious music: 9:10 "odor abatement is important. Odor production can be a real challenge and I'll go over how we can mitigate that." Just a funny coincidence.
as if it would follow with "Have you or a loved one suffered from odor? Call now, get help... we care."
Do the Black Solider fly adults have any nutrtional vaule after they die?
I loved his voice
Thanks for the information .I also grow bsf
I’m trying to find out wether North American Carrion beetles or their larva eat BSFL like they do house fly larva. I don’t think they do because the BSFL are so big and they also eat house fly maggots.
Hey Carl , how much does the temperature elevate in the big bin at its center compared to the surrounding temperature , you said it somewhere but don't have time to listen again for hours !?
How much BSF should be given in 2 feet X 3 feet Love cage?
I have 100 BSF in 2 x 3 feet cage
They die after 8-9 days.
What can I do for eggs?
finding infomation on bsf is difficult i have a pod set up with I put 700 in and they were doing good but the last two days they just went lazy. I was finding some that looked like they may already been pupating or just dead in the box and several that were the black pre pupa stage. I removed alot of the substrate thinking it may of been tok dry an they were burrowing instead of climbing out. However even the white large grubs are just almost dormate like the are too cold dispite the highs being 80s an at night i put the bin in the garage where it stays warmer at night. I have no idea why they have just went into a almost dead state
where do you get your starter worms
Is there any information on how does it work in South Florida ?
You are making great videos, but if I might make a suggestion, you need to go over your closed caption texts. Closed captions are the only way that non-hearing people can enjoy your videos unless you focus on your face enough all the time to do lip reading. The UA-cam software for closed caption does not handle regional accents well and you often end up with nonsense. So please for your hearing disabled viewers, always check your closed caption text before posting.
Can BSF be used for composting toilets?
Yes
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I love the idea of a BSF farm, however I havn't figured out what someone might do during the winter months. We're in zone 8b, Portland Oregon area, so our winters are mild but still get some snow.
I wonder anybody try termites productions since they eat wood chips. I use to have chickens and they love termites brought back from the forest.
+GodsLoveMinistry Too slow, too difficult and not comparable to BSF
Hello, I am sure that GodsLoveMinistry is 100% correct PLUS termites are NOT wanted in any way, shape or form around any human habitat!!! Best regards, Skip :}) 11/30/16
I'd enjoy watching them getting exterminated by chickens but farming them....Nahh
termites are social insects (like bees & ants)who live in colonies. unlike bsfl you cannot simply attract a commoner among termites to lay eggs because they are not fertile. also Queen termites do not emerge year round, you cannot manage waste with termites. also unlike BSF they are a pest. so even if you successfully start a colony most likely it will not be viable.
The most important factors are - food source, size of maggots, speed they can raised, and neither the maggot nor the adult fly are a pest/nuisance.
I have question. Can I eat "grub"? Living Web Farms
+A Pumpkins Be my guest.
In you house? You making grub pie? Jose Luiz Garcia
They are technically edible and they are supposed to be free from bacteria and parasites. There are home units available for producing them for you to eat.
That Prota culture picture got me wishing to have arable land.
Enjoyed your videos. Question, can I feed bread and donuts to my grubs? Thank's.
I am thinking about trying to start a BSF compost for my chickens. I also have several beehives and wanted to know if the BSF will have any kind of effect of them in ANY way?
Adam Lewis They shouldn't. Bsf adults don't actually eat and therefore can't rob your bees or compete with pollen collection. The species are so different there is little risk of bsf messing with your bees. Unless you put sugary foods in the bin and the bees were super hungry.
I love that u touched every aspect of what u can do with this I do have reptiles and I am very strongly considering doing this because Its just fucking amazing
How can I get black solider flies here in Egypt
I am not sure but I asked here in Jerusalem and was told that if you prepare a compost bin right they should arrive on their own.
how do you prevent green flies from getting in, or causing problems?
Once established, the BSFL police it themselves. They are greedy and will keep other flies out by the field expedient of just eating their eggs. No eggs, no other larva/adults.
Also go easy on the meat / fat and put bedding in for them
I had millions until I flipped out and thought they were botfly larva and set them all on fire... idiot... well now I know and welcome them. I had a black soldier fly just visit us on our porch 🤣
2nd line down the message you wrote, there is a word that best describes you.
Hint: it's at the end of line
Maybe they can put a screen above the food and the cardboard on top so the house flies can't lay egg.
Others have found that the BSFL will eat the housefly eggs putting a stop to the life cycle. Once the BSFL are established, the houseflies are unlikely to be an issue.
For making them breeding capable should we have to adopt special method to grow them, as the larvae sellers in my region are saying that they cannot provide for breeding as it requires special treatment to larvae, only what they can provide is for feeding purpose but alive.
If they are selling larvae they sure dont want you to grow your own.
where are you farm..
Food waste? What's that?
Excellent. Is there any researcher who could tell me about the occurrence of black fly soldier fly in Pakistan. Is it present in Pakistan or not?
Ironically the most hated bugs species ( fly) are basically an abundance of resources if used correctly....🤣🤣🤣
Admit it the insect were an an abundance of animal resources that humanity had since many Millennia... Bees, beetle, silk worm caterpillar, etc......😁😁😁😁
Who is the older gentleman in the red shirt?
Your dad
So what can you do, if your area doesn't have these Bsf, only the green flies you see at the
"dump" or sitting on poop? That's all we have in the north east.
You lost a slight portion of the validity of the whole thing when the larvae/maggots were called grubs... when if fact as you stated, these are not grubs but maggots. Other than that, I did watch all the videos... informative, and really makes me want to give this a shot here in Thailand. As an Agricultural Biology major, with emphasis on entomology, calling them grubs just kills me, haha. Good info though, thanks.
what about raw meat?
Chris Shepherd yes you can feed raw meat
can I feed green grasses and leaves and will BSF larva turn it into manure fast?
Raul, no, they can't eat high cellulose thing like that.
Arul* auto correct fail
Where are y and y farm...
We are in Mills River, NC
I just started mine , farming black soldier fly … I uploaded video of how I attracted wild population to lay egg for me
J. RHODES, DIDN'T GO TO SCHOOL LIKE Use Did
THAT'S WHY HE GET'S ALL,ALL THE CREDIT
Les dejo parte de mi investigación con la poderosa, Mosca Soldado Negro. Saludos desde Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, México!!! :) ua-cam.com/play/PLGIvvaGfU9OeN1we6z8ygidiek3UFe_sP.html
Saludos paisano!
Compost tooo
tough crowd..
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Booo Irvine company! I have tons of wild bsf in very suburban orange county ca (before the phoebe's and sparrows get the adults anyway). they really are the perfect animal for humans and maggots is just fine by me. these insects are just amazing paired with red worms and cardboard. It can be done in an urban setting. These guys just destroy any and all garbage overnight. Only downside is they are gone in winter about November on. You dont need special gear a regular tumbler will get eggs all over it
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These guys love quoting climate change misinformation.
Reducing waste is obviously a benefit but the idea that methane is causing "global warming" is complete nonsense.
Methane, CO2 and even CO are such an insignificant fraction of the gasses in our atmosphere. H2O has the greatest affect on temperature in terms of gasses but the greatest affect is obviously the sun which we have no control over.
These guys just regurgitate the same old unproven talking points in every video.
Its useless coz u dont demonstrating the methods how to produce