The Black Soldier Fly larvae in my BioPod have been churning through every bit of food I can send their way.  For some reason, however, the volume of food that I'm giving the larvae isn't reflected in the numbers that appear in the collection chamber.   While there are many thousands in the composting chamber, I find that, some days, I get to harvest very few.

Bio-conversion is one thing but I want animal protein, too......so I've started taking larvae directly from the composting chamber.  I use a small potting spade and scoop up a handful and throw them on the ground for the chickens.   This practice doesn't seem to be impacting their numbers in any way and it ensures that I get a useful daily harvest, too.

In coming weeks, I'm going to increase the amount that I harvest directly so that I can build up my frozen stocks. 

My duckweed has been growing so quickly that I'd run out of things to do with it.....and then I decided to feed it to the BSF larvae.  They consumed a bucketful in about 24 hours.....and revealed one more use for this incredible little plant.