Comments on: Black Soldier Fly Larvae – Revisited

By: Bentley

Bentley — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:29:46 +0000

Glad you liked it Jeff – Dr. Oliver definitely gets the credit though. His presentation is fantastic.
You are right about the “Black Soldier Fly Blog”, and as I’ve already teased you about, I DID in fact link to it in my last newsletter.

By: Jeff O

Jeff O — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 08:48:08 +0000

Awesome, Informative!

I think I have a new project!

Also, I read your previous posts on BSF’s from Oct ‘08. Vermiman’s post of Q&A, did the trick.

Found a pretty good website for more BSF info:
http://www.blacksoldierflyblog.com

Am looking forward to your next Newsletter on Diptera.

PS. My worms are thriving, since I became a vericomposter, 8mos ago.

By: DSF

DSF — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 03:25:09 +0000

Great info, thanks! The sawdust in the collection bucket’s one I’ll have to remember come spring, since I seem to have (reluctantly!) adopted a colony of BSFL that showed up in a poorly lidded bokashi bucket I was trialing out of doors.

For the DIYers, BTW, a bokashi bucket with mesh over the drainholes makes a decent starter bucket, something I learned at a site your browser may not like: https://www.cannabis-world.org/cw/showthread.php?t=4413

DSF
bokashi for the apartment-dweller

By: Dave Pawson

Dave Pawson — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:20:46 +0000

Obvious questions for David:

URL to read more about this.
Remaining questions:
What range of input ‘foods’ for the system.
How to process the outputs?
Cost of a domestic version of the kit?

Offline if you prefer, as comments if Bentley is OK!

regards

By: David Watson

David Watson — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 22:24:26 +0000

Hi to answer DaveP’s questiion in part…..

Circle3 is located in Australia and currently ship Biopods (both residential and commercial sizes) to Australia and New Zealand. Australia has a very robust population of Black Soldier Flies (BSF) and we have a standing order for 40 ton a month of the larvae. The majority of the larvae is currently being utilised for fish feed on a blended basis with other fillers, with remainder being used for poultry feed

The BSF in most locations self populate the BioPods within a a two week period and come to full production capacity within about 90 days. We do note the protein intake of the units need to be monitored a s too much seems to attract other species of flies.

I am happy to speak to anyone about BSF and BioPods, for either residential or commercial use. In some states of Australia the purchaser receives a cash rebate from the government for the purchase and use of the BioPod as a composting unit, the same as for a vermiculture unit.

David Watson
CEO
Circle Three Group Pty Ltd
+61733744188
Australia: 1300-76-77-78

By: Dave Pawson

Dave Pawson — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 13:27:49 +0000

Amazing indeed. It makes me just a little humble when we hear about what nature c
do for us!

Request please. The article talks about ‘anywhere in America’.. then
goes on to say something about Argentina to Seattle? I’m Euro based
so I’m interested if (this idea) would work in …. New York equivalent, say.

Perhaps if you come across ideas that need Southern US climate it would
be worth pointing out that?

What next I ask!

Thanks.

DaveP

By: Bob Packard

Bob Packard — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 13:18:00 +0000

Bentley, Amazing stuff! Seems to me that almost every landfill could be converted to useful product if more governments would look at true recycling with open minds. Keep up the good work. You may not ever win a Nobel prize, but keep trying anyway.