Great video - thanks for uploading. Just starting off my colony indoors (first cycle) and never envisaged this problem until it happened. Neat solution; waiting until the larvae get a little bigger before using your technique. thanks for your valuable knowledge and insight!
Hello, i have a question, which light do you use for the indoor breeding? I mean how many watts and which spectrum, or maybe you can just share a link or something. Thank
I have the same issues. My only concern is trying to sell something with mites in it. I am trying the freezing technique to see if that will work. Heat does work. the mite will become a nutrient in the frass.
New sub here. I am really interested in your sifter with the Saws-All. I used a palm sander for vibration in my fine compost system which would over heat also. I am thinking a dimer switch to control the speed (Voltage). If it can control a ceiling fan it will slow a Saws-All too.
I think that's half-measures - you still will get mites later. Check what mites hate or kills them If it is similar mites as during worm grow, add some bases, maybe dolomite flour
Have you tried split pea flour? I use it for grain mite issues in my mealworm farm, works great - but I'm not sure how it would impact soldier fly larvae.
The mites aren't a chronic problem for me. It's usually an indicator that conditions aren't optimal anyway, so reducing the material in the bins usually improves the mite issue pretty quickly
I feed my BSF some yellow split peas. They don't even need to be ground into flour, they can somehow eat them dry, but might not work for mites without being ground into a flour and mixed in, since that is how the test was done.
I just watched a video of a person in Australia I think who lactoferments the compost before giving it to the bsfl. This appears to keep mites away. Your thoughts?
Personally, I wouldn't be able to implement that step into my processes, just based on the permit that I operate under. But as a backyard larvae grower, I don't see why you couldn't try it. It might work and be worth it. Also for me, I find that in more of an open air/barn setting, it's really hard to keep any other insects out of the soldier fly systems. Having clean equipment helps a lot. If I'm going to run the sifter anyway, it's nice to know that doing so will solve other potential problems, that way I'm not adding another step in the overall process either. If you have a link to that video, I'd like to see it. Thanks for the comment!
These was a study done saying yellow peas kill mites and the BSF larvae eat the yellow peas. I hate mites. The brown detritus beetle shell looking mites seen to be okay, but grain mites, fungus mites and spider mites are all absolutely terrible and destroy hobbies/farms. Looks like I'm not the first to mention this. I found the study years ago and shared it with many mealworm farmers, but not sure on the true effectiveness of it.
Great video - thanks for uploading. Just starting off my colony indoors (first cycle) and never envisaged this problem until it happened. Neat solution; waiting until the larvae get a little bigger before using your technique. thanks for your valuable knowledge and insight!
Hello, i have a question, which light do you use for the indoor breeding? I mean how many watts and which spectrum, or maybe you can just share a link or something. Thank
I have the same issues. My only concern is trying to sell something with mites in it. I am trying the freezing technique to see if that will work. Heat does work. the mite will become a nutrient in the frass.
New sub here. I am really interested in your sifter with the Saws-All. I used a palm sander for vibration in my fine compost system which would over heat also. I am thinking a dimer switch to control the speed (Voltage). If it can control a ceiling fan it will slow a Saws-All too.
I think that's half-measures - you still will get mites later.
Check what mites hate or kills them
If it is similar mites as during worm grow, add some bases, maybe dolomite flour
Have you thought of toasting the mites and mix the dead mites with corn and other powdered material to add to the feed for the birds ?
Have you tried split pea flour? I use it for grain mite issues in my mealworm farm, works great - but I'm not sure how it would impact soldier fly larvae.
The mites aren't a chronic problem for me. It's usually an indicator that conditions aren't optimal anyway, so reducing the material in the bins usually improves the mite issue pretty quickly
I feed my BSF some yellow split peas. They don't even need to be ground into flour, they can somehow eat them dry, but might not work for mites without being ground into a flour and mixed in, since that is how the test was done.
The mites look like mold mites. You can look it up. They look like dust.
How do you keep the tiny larvae from climbing out of their bins?
As long as there is enough food -- and not too wet food -- they stay contained
What kind of screen are you sifting them through?
It's vinyl-coated window screening that you'd find at a hardware store
Do the Black Solider fly adults have any nutrtional vaule after they die?
I haven't had an analysis of the flies, but some animal will eat them. Birds usually clean up any of the dead flies I toss out in the yard
I just watched a video of a person in Australia I think who lactoferments the compost before giving it to the bsfl. This appears to keep mites away. Your thoughts?
Personally, I wouldn't be able to implement that step into my processes, just based on the permit that I operate under. But as a backyard larvae grower, I don't see why you couldn't try it. It might work and be worth it. Also for me, I find that in more of an open air/barn setting, it's really hard to keep any other insects out of the soldier fly systems. Having clean equipment helps a lot. If I'm going to run the sifter anyway, it's nice to know that doing so will solve other potential problems, that way I'm not adding another step in the overall process either. If you have a link to that video, I'd like to see it. Thanks for the comment!
These was a study done saying yellow peas kill mites and the BSF larvae eat the yellow peas.
I hate mites.
The brown detritus beetle shell looking mites seen to be okay, but grain mites, fungus mites and spider mites are all absolutely terrible and destroy hobbies/farms.
Looks like I'm not the first to mention this. I found the study years ago and shared it with many mealworm farmers, but not sure on the true effectiveness of it.
Did you feed them potatoes?
At some point, yes
Hi am black soldier fly farmer can i have your contact . thanks
where are you from?
@@gsmscrazycanuck9814 am from algeria
Look at trialing split pea flour, mealworm farmers utilise this as a method.
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First comment and glad you uploaded!