How to Start a Black Soldier Fly Bin: Food, Care, Design
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 31 ต.ค. 2018
- Today I'll be showing you how I started my black soldier fly (BSF) bin. As always I'll be showing the entire process from adding my baby larvae from Popworms.com, what I fed and feed them, information about building your own box and the pitfalls to watch out for, how I've been changing and upgrading my box to work better. TONS of general info on soldier fly to give you a good introduction to the insect and why we would want to raise them ourselves. The best nutrition for farm animals around and they can be fed with FREE inputs eliminating waste while producing a valuable resource.
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I was going to complain about the blur at the beginning but this video is too informative and well put together to complain. nice job man! thanks
I love your style.
"They feed themselves to the chickens" lol
kkkkkk oh my that's the most interesting plant.
The soldier fly larvae loves it very moist. Anyone that says different is lying. Its easier for them to eat, easier for them to move around and it keeps them cool. I've done barrels of compost tea, using grass and water and soldier flies would lay eggs in the barrels just over the water line. They grow big and healthy in there. I never used them but I've seen them thrive like this and all they had was grass!
I naturally have millions of those larvae in my compost. I had no idea what they were till today. $30 a jar, & I have barrels of them. I’m gonna be rich!!!
Please send me some!
Hi
I want import larva
Larvae me bro!!😁👍😁
I want a jar too!!
R u rich now?
Hello, I loved your video but, I see that you have a big problem with ants ...!
Ants eat the smallest larvae, so your population will not grow as fast and you like and also may lose it entirely. The solution is not a big deal. To keep the ants away from your larvae, place the container supports inside recycled plastic containers where you can keep an amount of water, it´s prevents the ants climb into the container and eat your larvae. I hope it helps you . Regards
Good idea...or maybe cooking oil so it won't rot the wooden legs. Would need some kinda lid mesh/ net that allows ants to fall in but chickens can't mess up the oil perhaps
@@mymai2792 Good idea and mosquitos won't grown in the oil and oil won't evaporate.
Love how community helps each other
Pro trick: you can watch series at flixzone. Me and my gf have been using it for watching loads of movies recently.
@Davis Wilson Yup, I've been using Flixzone for since november myself :D
Black Soldier Fly are amazing primary decomposers.
I had a population explosion last summer in my red wiggler bin and started looking into them. What I found out is that they love coffee grounds (my primary compost base in the worm bin at the time). The problem I ran into was that the temperature was getting to high for the worms, so I built a BSF bin and scooped as many as I could into it and started tossing all the table scraps over to it. Their frass goes to feed the red wigglers (who love it) and the BSF will be added to the food I start feeding my quail when I set them up, and my future aquaponics fish.
One thing I've noticed is that when they are ready to pupate, they tend to follow whichever side of my bin has the most light coming in. So that could be something to take into consideration when trying to train them up the ramp into the funnel system. I can't wait for the warmth to get here on a regular basis, my BSFL population should explode again, especially since I've been tossing all the current pupae into a tub of dirt instead of feeding them off. I've had some really big larvae coming out of the bin on our warmer days this winter.
One if the best box designs ive seen is to incorporate the ramp into one end, so one entire end of the box is a ramp up and drops off into a trough.
Really cool to see the day to day progression and you getting the entire life cycle to complete.
Thanks for this, it was an awesome full-info video. BSF is hard enough to understand from scratch, and you got it sorted from start to finish including fails! Love it. Keep it going dude! Regards from South Africa
The White hen that's guardian of the pipe is just like my Bossy Bertha! Queen of the coop, inquisitive, smart, and sassy! Thought it was just her but can see and hear that it's more likely the breed than mere personality. LOVE ♥️
I have a little white leghorn who is queen hen too- she is so smart, always the first to do everything...must be the breed :) I just love her!!
1 percent of the comments: Wow! So Cool!
99 percent: *eyebrows*
Very interesting. Thank you for publishing something that's rare. Looking forward to seeing more progress videos on this; especially any design improvements.
Thanks, glad you are into it! Oh ya will be putting out how I built my box next video. I'll need to make a version 2.0 I'm thinking though after everything I've learned from using it.
You'll never find soldier fly and house fly larvae or adults together! The soldier flies always get rid of the house flies.
If you take some of the pupae and the compost medium and put them in a large butter tub, you can store them in the refrigerator until next spring to start a new colony, and you won't need to buy them each year.
What do you feed those eyebrows? lol
Hmm that's what happened to my house flies. Good to know.
Hey love your eye brows 😍 by the way your eyes pop. I subscribed to your channel I don't have chicken but I do have coturnix quail. I found fly large in there cage so I looked that up and ran into your soldier fly larvae awesome!
This is such a great tip - we're working on our compost AND looking for extra treats for the girls.
Thank god for epic gardening or else I wouldn’t have discovered you! I love your TH-cam channel man. Also thanks for the black soldier fly farm because I’ve been wanting to start one for a long time to feed to my future chickens and also my fish.
I seriously love these guys! Every time I have food waste or garden waste, and I compost it, they come shortly after and break everything down for me and generally make the process wayyyyyy faster.
I will also dig up some larvae and feed them to the race runners and green anoles in my yard.... they love eating those larva.
I recently found them in my compost tumbler and I honestly don't know how they got in but I'm trying to figure out how to make them stay so I can feed them to the chickens (coming soon)!
Thanks for such a great video. We're going to start on our black soldier fly larvae adventure this spring.
that was cool to see the little bugger crawl to the top of the diving board and go for it! interesting little development process they go through
Love your channel always so much good info. I've had black soldier fly larvae in my compost pile on and off for a few years. I didnt know what they were at first, so did some checking on line. They break down food fast so was happy with that, but I've since also learned the earthworms arent too happy with them in the compost, because they make it more acidic. Not ready yet to just have a bin for soldier flies, so will just keep an eye on how much coffe grounds I put in my pile as my research tells me the flies really like that, I already know my worms do. Thanks again for sharing!
First of all, thank you - great video. We have had a BSFL bin set up on our homestead for a couple of months now. We designed it in a big, blue plastic barrel. There is a screen of wire mesh in the bottom and a washing machine hose leading up and out of the barrel, down to a plastic bottle on the ground for self-harvesting. There has been a thriving army of larva in there since week three, but we have harvested VERY few of them. The problem seems to be that they are falling through the wire mesh and flowing out the bottom drain with the "leachtea". Last week I scooped all the contents out and added a sheet of plastic mesh fabric to see of it helped retain more larva. The next day there were about 30 in the bottle! I thought the problem was solved, but since that day I have harvested hardly any more larva and there are still lots in the liquid we're collecting. Also, our bin is producing WAY more leachtea than we expected. We're getting more than we can use (a 1.5 L bottle 2x per week)...WTF?! Any advice?
Your ramp may be too steep?
Wonderful video! Really well done. Thank you for putting this together. I'm looking forward to getting started!
I was going to make a comment on the eye brows but it seems there already is enough after reading some comments 😂😂😂
They appear in my compost bin without any invitation!
We love these sorts of farming projects. This idea has been suggested to us a few times so thought we'd check it out.
Thanks for sharing your video 👍
Me too! So fun to try and get them working correctly. Definitely give it a try, I put links to some other good videos about them in the video description. I'll be sure to keep making videos about it as I learn more :)
This is amazing on so many levels
yea, Amazing eyebrows, or shall we say Eyestaches.
I love your eyebrows
😏😁
Thicc
am about to say the same hahaha
Dude, what is up with those??
Just for fun would you tell a Groucho Marx joke please !
Very cool system you set up. Nice to see you experiment to find what works. For the last 6 months I've been working with a plain trash can with a lid and it's working just fine, but I want to increase production and start feeding them to my chickens, as well as collect the frass to feed the garden. Enjoying your vids, thanks!
Have you updated yet
Great video with focus problems and all, thanks so much.
One of the best channels on TH-cam. Keep up the good work.
Thanks Danny!
Badass! Thank you for the thorough walkthrough. Love that excitement "cracked the code with these guys" had me laughing.
You can use woodprix to build it in the cheapest way.
Thanks Shantay
I got lots of these in my outside compost. Glad to know they are beneficial!
Good info and the fact that you credit other TH-camrs and link them, made me a subscriber!
Love this video, getting chickens this summer and I’m going to use some of your techniques. Thank you 🙏🏼
I'm now more excited to grow some fly than grow some vegetables in my garden. Really video ! Keep it up ;)
Great job sir.. bsf from indonesia 🙏
Wow, what a neat little fly. I may need to try this :)
Wow, this is a great video! I've been searching like crazy for info on BSFL small scale farming/composting and this is by far the best one I've found. I live in southeastern Washington state and don't believe there is much of a natural population here so I'm trying to figure out how to create a self sustaining lifecycle. Your setup looks very promising and I want to give it a try here! Thanks so much!
Hey thanks so much for saying that. That's why I made this video! We need more good info out there, but I'm still learning myself so I hope to keep putting stuff out every year on it. Good luck with your set up!
How do you get the bsf compost out of the bin?
You just decided to roll with the completely out of focus shot? Bold move, Eyebrows. Bold move.
Hahahhaah! It's what I'm all about lol
LMAO balls of galvanized steel
Eyebrows lmao
The eyebrows themselves are bold AF.
Im dying 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Thanks for the info!!
The most info just what i wanted to know thank u
Thanks for the video. I saw your video where some homestead channel was touring your farm quite some time ago.
Just moved to our new property and if everything goes as planned we'll have our chickens within a couple weeks and then the next step is to get this going so I can feed them cheap.
Thanks a lot!
Great demo!
This was my second season doing this. I failed the first season. Thank you for saying this as I have goals and dreams for garden and plants and seeds and one day farm but i have made so many mistakes....and failed so many times due to unpredictable things like weather combined with lack of foresight
Great video .thanks for sharing!!
Wow, man this is so cool. Thank you so much for posting. I intend setting up my own BSF harvester to aid chicken feed as well as aquaponics in the near future. Thumbs up
Sweet! Aquaponics was the original reason I started researching BSF years ago. They have such potential as an animal feed! Best of luck.
What a great sustainable way to run a farm. I'm interested see how it works out.
Maybe play some smooth jazz to get the males and females in the mood.😚😋
Mating process is an delicately task. Suggestions: starting with 10 grams eggy or 1week hatched baby and you can start composing right away. We supply the eggy!
A spot of jazz flute, now that is baby making music!
I appreciate your sharing! Thank you!
Thanks for your program. I always watch your program
Thank you for the INFO
Great info. Thank you💐
Thanks for the video, Steven. Lots of good info that I'll have to try. I read lots of material online and watched the Living Web Farms video series. I tried starting a BSF bin this past summer but failed. I'm hoping to take some of the tips and some larva from popworms and be more successful next summer. Thanks again!
I'm in zone 6b and I know you generally see BSF in the warmer months. Is it practical/feasible to start a BSF bin in fall/winter in zone 6b?
This is brilliant!!!
Soldier flies always grew naturally in our outhouse hole.
The best soldier fly content. Wow. Thank you!!!! It is fun to watch the climb & then the funnel drop! Lol
Thank you for sharing this! 👍🏼
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Thank you. Very helpful.
Always love your content l. I am living vicariously through you. Keep it up!
I'm so glad I found this video because I was trying to make an attrcant to the bsf but they weren't coming to lay eggs.
Soldier flys come to my quail hutch in the summer and eat up all the manure. They make great compost, and I don’t have to shovel at all in the summer. I wish they could survive the winter in Kentucky.
Wow, really cool video!!
i find the soldier flys lay eggs under the box lid. i put cardboard in a clump at attach it to the underside of the lid with zipties. they happily lay in the cardboard. Great video
Thank you for sharing! I find all your videos informative and that is what’s more important here, not your eyebrows. Keep sharing and spreading knowledge. 😊 👍🏼
I have understood everything, Thank you.
What a great science lesson for a child! Home schooling anyone???
Good information... now you got a new subscriber
Excellent video 👍
I love this video so much!
Thanks for the info. Wont be shooing these anymore...
I think the eye moustaches are a nice touch.
Great video. Love it, thank you.
They’re also very very good for Fish keepers too!
So cool... I want try it
Great video. Cheers from Ottawa, Canada.
In commercial Asian BSF colonies, the adult flies are provided with upright screens of vertical artificial vines for them to gather en masse and mate on, a trellissed vine behind your farm will do the job.
Love the way u do
I ve been thinking of how to get bsf eggs, until I learnt that bsf do not lay eggs in a waste but on top of potential food source. Great video.
i found soldier fly larvae growing under my rabbit pens. i had no idea what they were but noticed there were no fly maggots in their manure anymore. i am researching to find out how i can utiiize them to feed quail, ducks and chickens. thanks for you informative video
i love it bro i hope you have more idea to share in here thank you...
Learned a lot thanks!
wonderful video , exhaustive knowledge provided, wishing i could have that option in India in near future
It's a great "Homemade Sustainable Agricultural System". I hope you could have enough support in the future so you can convert this wise project into a commercial project. Good luck, and best wishes from Saudi Arabia.
For a lot of my yard and garden projects, instead of 1/4" hardware mesh I use sheets of wire lathe (you get it down near the rebar). It comes in sheets and a lot of times it's cheaper than the mesh and easier to use, you just need some good tin snips.
Sweet thanks so much for the suggestion I'll check that stuff out next time I'm in home depot.
@@NaturesAlwaysRight Thanks again for the great content. My flock of chickens may be dining on soldierfly larvae soon thanks to your tutorials.
Great video. Thanks!
You're awesome!
Have an idea to contain the adults, and compost more kinds of things!
I have an idea that goes with your already existing setup. Build a screen room around your bin, big enough to enter and maintain it. Since you think verticle, go with that. The screen room will contain the adults. They don't live long or eat. Once they die, their carcasses become food for the larvae, as well. Soldier flies eat things that you normally cannot put into a regular compost bin or pile. (but you know that already or they wouldn't interest you). You can make a cover out of corregted cardboard by gluing strips of cardboard together (so the corregations run perpendicular to your bin) til it's big enough to cover your bin. It serves to allow for air movement and discourages the entrance of house flies, as a mechanical barrier to the actual bin. It is the "nest" for the adults to lay their eggs, which when once hatched, fall directly into the bin. Also they last long because it doesn't come into direct contact with the moisture. Once worn out, drop in the bin and they'll eat that, too! You essentially have a contained system. Once established, you don't need to worry about attracting adults. They'll aready be there! Also, when you do clean out your bins, put it into your worm bin (dried out) for further breakdown. Just a thought.
I like the idea a lot Franki, I've seen professional bsf farms that build their adult egg laying factories like that. I'm gonna build something more like this at my new farm. Thanks for the ideas super good!
Amazing brother
The fly whisperer 🤪
Fascinating! 😅 I have bluebirds nesting, for the first time, ever! I must keep them happy. ;->
Thank you 😊
Interesting and informative video, bud.
Thank you from South Africa!
good job my friend
great idea
I’m all about this technique. Every farmer in the world should be using this method. The positives are tremendous. Let put some chemical food companies out of business and let the farmers make some money with all their hard work
Vhat about putting a heat lamp on a temp controller as the nights get colder?
Love it. Subbed
Or if you're lucky enough they will invade your compost tumbler uninvited! I found your video because I was trying to figure out how maggots had invaded my enclosed system! Your video as always was very helpful, but for those thinking it's complicated... my little colony is thriving in my tumbler (multiple generations) and I've even found larvae on the top of the bin, the little daredevils! I will be moving them to their own home near my chicken coop because I want to feed my chickens AND my garden, and apparently BSFL do not produce compost.
So exciting! I am looking at setting something up to dispose of all of our waste offal from processing chickens
How do you think an established population would go on a diet of pure meat?
I think that definitely possible but I don't know 100%
Good design bro
Yo not for nothing this video kicked ass. Great job man.