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    Here's the information we handed out during the black soldier fly bin workshop. Details on the BSF life cycle, breeding, larval development, and the BSF Bin itself.

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    Here's the information we handed out during the black soldier fly bin workshop. Details on the BSF life cycle, breeding, larval development, and the BSF Bin itself.

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    Kitchen Waste Into Chicken Feed: The Black Soldier Fly Workshop

    Green Earth Permaculture and The Renewable Republic


    Black Soldier Flies have an adult lifespan of one week.
    During this brief time they must find a mate, reproduce, and
    lay eggs. Their only purpose is literally to mate and further
    the species. They dont even have mouthparts or stingers,
    so they cannot eat, bite, annoy, or spread disease.
    The BSF larvae that result are voracious eaters. They
    consume nearly everything thrown their way: meat, fat,
    dairy wastes--even animal manure, bio-converting 20% of
    the waste into yet more BSF larvae.
    Each day, they can consume 3lbs of kitchen waste per
    square foot of feeding area. BSF larvae consume wastes so
    quickly in fact, there just isnt time for nasty smells or harmful
    bacteria such as E.coli to develop.
    In Nature, female BSF lay their eggs in crevices of tree bark,
    they also lay eggs in cardboard, which can be used in a BSF
    bin to coax them into laying eggs above the waste so when
    they hatch the larvae drop onto the waste. Larval eggs hatch
    in about 105 days. In optimal conditions of 80-100 degrees F,
    they go through five developmental stages in about 2 weeks
    to reach full maturity.
    This developmental period can extend out to several months
    though--if conditions are not right--which is an adaptive
    strategy that allows them to endure difficult conditions. The
    mature pupae are very tough and can survive under conditions of extreme oxygen
    deprivation.
    The nutritional content of BSF larvae is remarkable
    ------------------->>
    They can be fed to chickens, ducks, pigs, fish, cats, dogs;
    and yes, even to humans during difficult times. In their
    effect on food production,
    BSF have the
    beneficial
    only to

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    42% crude
    protein
    35% fat
    5% calcium
    potential to be
    insects second
    honeybees.

    Kitchen Waste Into Chicken Feed: The Black Soldier Fly Workshop
    Green Earth Permaculture and The Renewable Republic

    How To Raise and Harvest BSF Larvae/


    Many permaculture people are raising BSF larvae in special bins that allow for an
    easy and clean harvesting strategy. When the larvae are ready to pupate, their
    mouthparts have already changed into special climbing limbs. BSF larvae by
    nature seek a cool, dry place to pupate, and they climb out of the waste pile with
    their new limbs.
    By farming BSF larvae in bins that contain a slanted board or a way for them to
    climb out when theyre ready to do their metamorphosis thing, we harness their
    natural instinct to climb out of the decomposing waste to a drier spot.
    Many BSF bin designs are out there. They can be as simple as filling a bucket or
    trashcan with kitchen waste, waiting for native BSFs to lay eggs in it, and youve
    got your BSF mother colony. Thing is, harvesting them from a bucket or trashcan
    is a messy job, not to mention smelly.
    An open source design Ive found the most useful so
    far is known as the Bug Barracks, created by Tarvus.
    The one well be building today is based on this
    design. ------------------------>>
    It includes slanted boards at each end, and a mesh
    bottom that allows it to drip excess liquids to
    maintain a relatively consistent humidity.
    How It Works/
    As the larvae ready to pupate climb the slanted
    endboards, two additional wood pieces direct them
    toward a two-inch hole near the top center of the end
    board.

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    Kitchen Waste Into Chicken Feed: The Black Soldier Fly Workshop
    Green Earth Permaculture and The Renewable Republic
    They fall through the hole into a collection bucket where we can gather and feed
    them to our chickens, ducks or fish. Once the BSF bin is well populated with BSF
    larvae, the collection buckets will have more larvae in them everyday.

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    Kitchen Waste Into Chicken Feed: The Black Soldier Fly Workshop
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