fish with them all the time here in Louisiana. Call them maggots. Am 88 and never realized they were soldier fly larvae. Gonna build one of your bins. Very good video. Can't understand most of the videos I watch but yours is very understandable. I really enjoyed it.Thanks much!

I like this design a lot, because a lot of people have complained that, instead of a floor ramp, they use pipes and the larva don't crawl up it. This pretty much guarantees only one way up and out. I'll be using this design.

@thehealthawakening

2 ай бұрын

Awesome, thanks

This is my main fish bait. I came about them by accident. I make catfish chum in the summers here in Alabama, I had left a bucket of chum open and after a few weeks lots of grub were in it. After looking it up they were Black Soldier Flies. I knew aquaponics farmers used them to feed fish, so I figured why not try them for bait. they work better than anything. In fact I developed a bait harness to use them effectively called the Black Warrior Tip Rig. It was a blessing in disguise.

@VanTheGamer07

5 жыл бұрын

Black Warrior Lures I wonder if I could do the chum technique but I live in Michigan I don’t think we have Black Soldier Fly

Start off with the best statement... Farmers who don't know how to farm... Too true.

@thehealthawakening

2 жыл бұрын

OK

Love it. We were just talking about making a Mealworm bin. Today my wife found BSF larvae in our feed. I started out researching to ID the worm and found your video. It just so happens we are Christians and have also done missions in Honduras. Part of my love for chickens began in Honduras. I saw a widow, in the hills, feeding 4 children a day with only 4 chickens and one duck. The eggs of the tied down birds provided food and trading options for medicine. I really enjoyed the video and will follow you. God bless Ryan

@thehealthawakening

8 жыл бұрын

God bless you as well!

Best video on a DIY BSF bin!

@thehealthawakening

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks

I like your design! Thanks for sharing.

@thehealthawakening

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you like it!

The only thing I would do in addition is to paint the side walls with a water proofing of some sort. The concern about the bottom rotting out would also apply to the side walls once you start piling up the scraps in there.

That's a good nice size bin you have Sir. Thanks for posting this video.

This is the most helpful video on this topic out there to this date ! .... Many thanks for posting !

@thehealthawakening

8 жыл бұрын

Thank you

Very Interesting!! Wish I lived in a more stable Climate for building such projects!! Thanks 4 Sharing!!

Thank you so much for sharing this. this kind of equipment is important in my country, so thank you so much. :) look forward

@thehealthawakening

5 жыл бұрын

Awesome! You are welcome!

Excellent work bro

@thehealthawakening

Жыл бұрын

Thanks ✌️

Really nice explanation. Thanks.

Nice!

@thehealthawakening

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

ya may want to consider raising AZOLLA in addition or in lieu of the duckweed. they both have a place.....azolla can double its weight in 48 hrs under great conditions and has a 25 to 35% protein level. good vid by the way as i just got my bsf eggs yesterday.

@thehealthawakening

2 жыл бұрын

OK, thank you for the advice

Thank you.

@thehealthawakening

2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

Can you update the latest video about this garbage disposal system and introduce the experience of using it in the past few years? I've watched a lot of videos, and your build is great. I also plan to make one based on your plan. I have searched all your videos since then, but I don't see any new video about the Black soldier fly waste disposal system. So I'm looking forward to your new video on how it works.

@thehealthawakening

Жыл бұрын

I'm sorry, I had a difficult time attracting soldier flies. It was not successful for me.

@lspqsea

Жыл бұрын

@@thehealthawakening Thanks for your reply, your design is the best I've seen, I'm going to copy one and try to breed soldier flies for a while. I have a small vegetable garden on the roof of my building, so I can let the soldier flies handle the daily food waste.

Very nice job

@thehealthawakening

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks

Nice design.

@thehealthawakening

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks

Nice job!!!

@thehealthawakening

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@lightfusionproductions4891

6 жыл бұрын

Keep up the good work. I hope to follow in your footsteps in how you're holistically empowering people starting with food production. Wish we could collaborate some day.

Pay attention to ants, some species would take the baby maggots. One video I saw, the guy placed all four feet into buckets of water to prevents ants to climb up into the bin. Nice job!

@thehealthawakening

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you and yes, I have seen that regarding putting the legs in a bucket of water, I have even seen some say oil.

❤👍very cool!!

@thehealthawakening

11 ай бұрын

Thanks

Awesome broo 😁😁

@thehealthawakening

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Same, really found this video helpful! most people share their setup but don't go over the details and the basic outline on how to get one of these up and running. Really like the aquaponics work your doing as well! Was wondering what kind of paint you used on your containers/growbeds, is it uv resistant and did you paint the insides as well? Saludos desde Mexico!

@thehealthawakening

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I paint the only the exterior with a latex that is conducive for outdoors.

thank

@thehealthawakening

Жыл бұрын

you are welcome!

Do you have any update on how this is going for you? Would love to see how it is progressing!

Yes the Lord restores us. Nice video, ... may the Lord bless you and the people in remote areas. I plan to do the same. Yours in Him

i do use de- watered pure poultry not fermented waste as substrate for my black soldier fly larvae to feed on and if i have to be honest with you guys, i have totally replaced soya bean with black soldier fly larvae in my fishery, piggery and poultry , i can now smile all the way.

@thehealthawakening

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the suggestion.

@emcneal1968

4 жыл бұрын

Hello, can you please explain what you mean by using "de-watered pure poultry"?

for reptiles too

i feed these to my lizards along with other things. good food for them

Hi shawn im from indonesia.. i suggest you.. put some bowl of water in your four box feet.. so the ant or anything else out there can't crawl up and disturb the compose...

@thehealthawakening

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the suggestion

This is my vision!! To use BSF to help less advantaged communities! May I come visit? I've been breeding BSF in a tent in my living room during the winter.

@thehealthawakening

2 жыл бұрын

That's awesome you are able to breed them.

i plan to run this business in my country. growing hens without grains.

@petermaina2269

5 жыл бұрын

planning to do the same here in Kenya in a few months.

@thehealthawakening

3 жыл бұрын

wish you the best in doing so

I really learned a lot from this videoo. I've seen lots and I take yours as a conclusion to my learning how to buid absf box. How do i do it if I want them not live anymore?

@thehealthawakening

2 жыл бұрын

Sorry, don't understand your question.

👍👍👍

@thehealthawakening

4 жыл бұрын

:)

is there much smell from the bin or is this something you could keep in a garage during the cooler months

@thehealthawakening

6 жыл бұрын

As long as you have a good size colony, they will process the waste fast enough to prevent it from smelling.

Can I ask what kind of fish you keep in those containers? Id like to get some of those blue containers myself with some fish in them

@thehealthawakening

7 жыл бұрын

Tilapia

Will it work if you put a waterproof light in the fish tank ? The light will cause insects to fly into the water at night so that the fish can eat it.

@castleofcostamesa8291

4 жыл бұрын

Krisha Gean Viudez That sounds brilliant!

that's just amazing. This might sound stupid... how do we get only soldier flies to lay egg on the garbage. Well ther could be other insects too right???

@thehealthawakening

6 жыл бұрын

As long as you have a healthy populated colony, you will not have an issue with other insects.

Questions: what is the female:male ration needed? When you buy live larva to start your set up.. do you generally get a relatively good female to male ratio..?

@thehealthawakening

6 жыл бұрын

I am sorry, but I can't answer this question. Never purchased larva to start my colony.

@forageforage3520

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Shawn. Great videos.

Hi Shawn. Great work! I see that it's 20" off the ground, but what is the height of the bin?

@thehealthawakening

4 жыл бұрын

About 46" tall

@emcneal1968

4 жыл бұрын

@@thehealthawakening Thanks!

Does anyone know if you have to worry about other insects coming in and laying eggs or causing issues? Thank you

@thehealthawakening

2 жыл бұрын

Very minimal issues. We suggest placing wire screen over the holes. The screen holes are large enough for the BSF, but it keeps many other insects out.

Thanks for video, how you clean inside of it? when we collect lavras ,there will be residues of larvas like lavra manure, so will we change it with fresh food or will we add food to manure of lavras?

@thehealthawakening

7 жыл бұрын

As you continue putting food scraps in there, you will be creating compost. Periodically, you can remove it. Just make sure that you leave some larvae in there, along with some compost.

@CaptainPasha478

7 жыл бұрын

Shawn Paul thanks! I am planing to feed them in greenhouse 1000 m2, how should I vantilate air in winter? I dont want waste coal in winter so how much time should I change air minimum ?

@thehealthawakening

7 жыл бұрын

Sorry, not familiar with greenhouses on the winter time.

God Bless your mission work. I live in Nicaragua and wanting to start my aquaponic system using your manual. What is the ratio of BSF, duckweed, and Moringa, for ultimate growth for tilapia. Do you use all fresh or dry it first?

@thehealthawakening

7 жыл бұрын

Marlon Ortiz You really have to be very careful. First and foremost, I recommend using a store bought fish food. I feel it's important due to the fact that they have produced a great product to help the growth of the fish. Then I supplement with the other. The black soldier flies has been an issue for us. Starting and maintaining a colony as some make it hasn't been that easy or at least here in Copan. I have mixed half and half of moringa and duckweed. Be very careful in only putting in as much as they will eat in about 10 to 20 minutes. You don't want it floating to the bottom and decaying.

@TheMarlonbrando1

7 жыл бұрын

so your recomendation would be, BSF, duckweed, moringa and commercial pellets in the same ratio? thank you and may God continue blessing you and your family.

@thehealthawakening

7 жыл бұрын

If you can make the BSF happen, then yes, I would work with it. You will have to play with it and see what works with your fish. Main thing is to NOT overfeed. If they are not eating it, it does them no good having wasted food floating and sinking to the bottom of the tank.

@TheMarlonbrando1

7 жыл бұрын

thank you, hope you can get the BSF going, i was watching some detailed info on this in Living Web Farms, maybe that can help your culture.

Hi. Couple of questions. Once you put the kitchen waste in, do you close the lid and let the flies find the food or do you keep the open for the flies and close it after a couple of days. Second, I m assuming this is s constant cycle. Keep on putting kitchen scraps and new generation will keep on popping up. Would appreciate the guidance on this. Thanks

@thehealthawakening

5 жыл бұрын

Yes, you close the lid. There are holes on the side for the black soldier flies to come in. Yes, it's a constant cycle. You keep piling on scraps. The larva will continuously process it.

What do you do with the "goo" that is left in the bin? Can it be used as compost like the worm castings? Also, is there any pathogen risks that these larvae could carry, whether human pathogens or plant pathogens?

@92mahl

7 жыл бұрын

I was also wondering how bad the smell would be?

@unsilentzone3357

7 жыл бұрын

the "goo" is a really high nutrient compost, similar to worm castings. The microbial life is very different though. You can take the goo and shovel it into your compost pile, to mix it with your carbons. Since its wet, it will break down differently than if you were using worm castings. my brothers didnt smell very bad. id say its just like a normal compost with rotting food. not like a sewage, even though thats what it looks like.

@thehealthawakening

7 жыл бұрын

You should have minimal foul odor.

@awonroa1986

6 жыл бұрын

Mikhaila L if the smell is too bad. BLF will not thrive in it instead you will see house flies

How do the hatched eggs(in the corrugated cardboard) end up in the waste below ?In other videos I have seen ,the cardboard is placed very near the waste..

@thehealthawakening

5 жыл бұрын

When the larvae hatches, it falls into the compost pile. Yes, you can lower the cardboard to the waste as you wish.

When I put out scrapes for BSF, who's to say what type of flies it attracts. I expect to attract "common house flies". Does it matter? Cause there's no way to control it.

@thehealthawakening

8 жыл бұрын

The BSF will process the scrape fast enough before they start rotting. Flies are attracted to rott. Also, BSF put off an odor that wards off flies.

Could you paint it all with a good exterior paint or would that not work?

@thehealthawakening

2 жыл бұрын

sure

Will the larvae crawl up the wall and out the holes?

@thehealthawakening

5 жыл бұрын

No, they crawl up the ramp in the bin. The bin walls would be to steep for them to crawl up

Sir, please. I have two questions: Can you know why the side holes were made in the box, sorry; because I did not understand the video, does this not make flies escape? Does this fly need sunlight, light and water? Thank you,

@thehealthawakening

5 жыл бұрын

The adult flies should be able to freely come and go from the bin. You don't need to capture them. You are only producing larva from the eggs the flies lay in the bin. No, they don't need sunlight or water.

How do you keep away the house flies???

@thehealthawakening

5 жыл бұрын

The key is to not permit your waste to begin to spoil. You have to only add as much as the larva can process. BSF's don't like rotting compost and flies do. To get started it's a balancing act, but after time and you have a large population, it won't be an issue.

If you collect all the adult maggots, why you still make the holes on the vertical side and put the cardboard in? Where do they mate?

@thehealthawakening

7 жыл бұрын

The black soldier fly lays eggs in the cardboard and when they hatch, the larvae falls into the compost. Larvae is NOT an adult. The black soldier fly is the adult. The holes are on the side so the fly can get into the bin to lay the eggs in the cardboard.

IS there anyway i could learn more about this?

@thehealthawakening

6 жыл бұрын

Sorry, but the only way I would know is Googling it and watching more KZread videos.

How we start from where we bring the fly

@thehealthawakening

4 жыл бұрын

Sorry, don't understand your question.

Me gustaria ver este video en español si lo puede hacer?

@thehealthawakening

5 жыл бұрын

Lo siento, no planeamos convertir esto al español en este momento.

Plywood in Honduras?

@thehealthawakening

6 жыл бұрын

Shockingly! Yes! LOL

#aquaponics

Hey Shawn do you sell this box? Iam from the 🇬🇧

@thehealthawakening

5 жыл бұрын

Sorry, I don't, I include the design in with my ebook on www.morningstaraquaponics.com

Any ants protection?...

@thehealthawakening

3 ай бұрын

You can set the legs in a bucket of water. The ants won't swim across it the water.

where can I buy that Ben thing?

@thehealthawakening

7 жыл бұрын

Telin Strong you have to make it yourself.

@telinstrong6327

7 жыл бұрын

Ok

What if you get maggots instead I am N.Y.

@thehealthawakening

5 жыл бұрын

First, I would clean it out and only put out enough material for the BSF larvae to process. You don't want the material to rot.

hello , how are you , Im from costa Rica., do you have fb?

@thehealthawakening

4 жыл бұрын

Hello, yes I do, but it's for personal use.

What if u don't have black soldiers in ur area?

@thehealthawakening

6 жыл бұрын

Well, I'm sorry, but then you would not be able to do the project.

@Lonewolf_1776

6 жыл бұрын

Theboss47 you can buy online to start off

I"m trying to do that here in the U.S. please contact me funny story i'm hunduran ^_^ but U.S. a 1st Gen Citizen lol

@thehealthawakening

8 жыл бұрын

Sounds great, hope it goes well!

Tea from larvae stuff? That's a fat no from me.

@thehealthawakening

3 жыл бұрын

The tea is for your plants.