Transform food waste into a valuable food supply for chickens, hogs, songbirds and fish with Black Soldier Fly Production. Karl Warkomski, Director of Conservation with ProtaCulture, LLC introduces us to this astounding insect that can break down food waste faster than microbes. Black Soldier Fly maggots make a high fat, high protein source of nourishment while making what is normally waste into a valuable farm/garden asset. Part 3 focuses on the biology of black soldier fly.
VIDEO: Black Soldier Fly Production Part 3 Biology
Transform food waste into a valuable food supply for chickens, hogs, songbirds and fish with Black Soldier Fly Production. Karl Warkomski, Director of Conservation with ProtaCulture, LLC introduces us to this astounding insect that can break down food waste faster than microbes. Black Soldier Fly maggots make a high fat, high protein source of nourishment while making what is normally waste into a valuable farm/garden asset. Part 3 focuses on the biology of black soldier fly.
I thought I heard him say you could throw road kill into the bin for food. Has anyone experimented with carcasses as food? Mammal, Fish, or reptile?
I bet they would do well eating fast food waste.
Whoever thumbs down this video should be beat with a rubber hose
Bad odors can be managed with EM-4 very nicely. And I have also noticed that EM-4 actually attracts more BSF adults
I would bet on microbial repellence for house flies because EM-4 also repells house flies
solentblack?
Great… Im on THAT part of the internet again
5:43 I saw a video on here that showed a bsf farm that used Barry White music because of the vibration was conducive for the species….I guess more than one species!
Great series … thanks.
FYI … Alberta has serious summers. They generally start in June and end in September. Temperatures in the 80-90's are very common every year. There are actually 2 native species of cactus found! What's the deal with America's gross ignorance 'aboot' Canada? The world continues past the 49th parallel … you know that, right?
Love the armadillo example he gives at the end of this video. That's freaking awesome!
how well would these combine in bins with worms in processing composting?
If I live in Colorado and want to overwinter some BSF, can I keep a bin in my kitchen? I keep my house temperature above 65*F all year. Usually in winter, I have it set for 70* inside. Where can I buy one of the small rectangular pods?
microbes are the key to life for everything.
Black soldier flies breed on file stocked of leaves in shaded areas.
somebody stole part 1 and 2 !!
I'm so glad to have stumbled on this info a few days ago. Focus on the microbes, and we can really evolve all of this! Amazing!!!!
How do I purchase the pods ? Or where can I get them ?
@8:51 thank you so much for sharing everything that you do. Fantastic teaching
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Oh, I'm so relieved ! ..I just started seeing these soldier flies this year. Lived here (okc) all of my life & never saw them like this. They hang around where house flys are sometime like 1 soldier to 100 house flies ratio. I thought they were wasps & cringed at the thought of a bite or sting. Also i did see some grubs dark grey striped fat & slow. They were where some dog food had gotten wet no stink. Yea !! Great ! Thank u so much for this video. Kinda like earwigs look, so medieval & treacherous, but they clean up environment, too. Earwigs don't attack unless u threaten them. It is said that their pinch is weak if u provoke.
Some neighbors moved across street. They had a beautiful tiny black rooster. He got out gate kids left open. There were about 3-4 hens, the biggest I've ever seen, fattest, healthy & huge. I figured they must be composting & raising black fly grubs & that "that" is when black soldier flys came. Not allowed to have chickens in this area. I didn't tell on them. Maybe someone else did, though.
Wow adam levine farming bsf.
The BSFL eat the housefly eggs because the housefly eggs are deposited directly in the food of the BSFL. The only housefly eggs that hatch are the ones that hatch very early before the BSFL are hatched and grown. If you are doing a pod, it is always best to seed it with BSFL to prevent that early housefly larva hatching.
does this fly polinate mangos?
Hermetia illucens do have spongy mouthparts, albeit very small and normally only used to take in some moisture or nectar which can extend their final stage as an adult fly. Research showed feeding adults, extended their egg laying period an average of 10 days and tripled egg production. The milk diet was best.
Black soldier fly do feed. Only on water or nectar. They are pollinators. You can keep them alive longer by feeding them sugar water.
Hi, I would like to thank you for all the information you share here, very interesting, good luck
House Fly pupae look like red tic-tac candy and are very small.
BSF pupae look like inflated black straight BSF Larvae and are huge.
BSF flies drink water daily. You will see their mouth come out to sponge up water, but they do not spit.
I have a picture of one drinking water off plexiglass. https://i.imgur.com/1W4EnHC.jpg it's the big greenish triangular looking thing between the eyes. you will see it retract and disappear when they are not drinking.
Great presentation. Am watching from Cameroon in west Africa
How good is this BSF maggots to Layers that are commercially grown…. to what proportion we can feed commercial layer chickens to conventional Layer feed…