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	<title>Black Soldier Fly Blog &#187; Raising black soldier fly larvae</title>
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	<description>Bio-Composting with Black Soldier Fly Larvae - Fascinating, Responsible and Rewarding</description>
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		<title>BSF bucket composter version 2.1</title>
		<link>http://blacksoldierflyblog.com/2010/06/25/bsf-bucket-composter-version-2-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jun 2010 00:25:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jerry</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Raising black soldier fly larvae]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The BioPod]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Details of the newest version of my DIY bucket composter are available at THIS page or by clicking the link in the sidebar. This version features more ventilation, a new filter material and a more efficient drain outlet. I&#8217;ve had requests for a shopping list of parts which I&#8217;ll try to post very soon. I&#8217;ve <a href='http://blacksoldierflyblog.com/2010/06/25/bsf-bucket-composter-version-2-1/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>multi-stage bsf starter kit update</title>
		<link>http://blacksoldierflyblog.com/2010/06/20/multi-stage-bsf-starter-kit-update/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jun 2010 23:11:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jerry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This year our starter kit contains 1000 black soldier fly larvae of various sizes and 3000 eggs. For the price that represents an excellent value in terms of the number of BSF, and I also believe that combining eggs, juvenile larvae and mature larvae is a more effective strategy for jump starting a BSF unit. ]]></description>
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		<title>BSF bucket composter updates</title>
		<link>http://blacksoldierflyblog.com/2010/05/31/bsf-bucket-composter-updates/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 May 2010 20:54:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jerry</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Raising black soldier fly larvae]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I'm a bit behind in posting these videos but I'm trying to keep a running record of my progress with this do-it-yourself black soldier fly bucket composter. ]]></description>
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		<title>DIY BSF bucket composter video</title>
		<link>http://blacksoldierflyblog.com/2010/04/23/diy-bsf-bucket-composter-video/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Apr 2010 03:07:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jerry</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Raising black soldier fly larvae]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here are two videos I made to introduce the new version of the do-it-yourself BSF bucket composter. I plan on making more videos as I operate this unit through the summer. ]]></description>
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		<title>Agricultural Innovations Inc BSF podcast</title>
		<link>http://blacksoldierflyblog.com/2010/02/12/agricultural-innovations-inc-bsf-podcast/</link>
		<comments>http://blacksoldierflyblog.com/2010/02/12/agricultural-innovations-inc-bsf-podcast/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2010 01:06:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jerry</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Raising black soldier fly larvae]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Understanding black soldier flies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Utilizing black soldier fly larvae]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sustainability]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Frank Aragona of The Agroinnovations Podcast interviews me about black soldier fly culturing Agroinnovations.com is a great source of information regarding sustainable agriculture. In addition to this podcast you can find 77 previous episodes that I think you&#8217;ll find very interesting. The Agroinnovations Podcast Episode #78: The Black Soldier Fly (Part I) &#8220;The Black Soldier <a href='http://blacksoldierflyblog.com/2010/02/12/agricultural-innovations-inc-bsf-podcast/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Do-it-yourself BSF bucket bio-composter</title>
		<link>http://blacksoldierflyblog.com/2009/08/13/do-it-yourself-bsf-bucket-bio-composter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 22:18:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jerry</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Raising black soldier fly larvae]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This do-it-yourself bucket composter is designed to be an introduction to using black soldier fly grubs to quickly break down household food waste. ]]></description>
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		<title>refreshing the colony</title>
		<link>http://blacksoldierflyblog.com/2009/05/03/refreshing-the-colony/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2009 14:23:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jerry</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vermiculture and BSF composting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[attracting BSF]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[BioPod]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blacksoldierflyblog.com/?p=365</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Starting my third year with the black soldier fly I&#8217;m going into this season with a small colony made up of grubs that were laid last fall. Where I live the winters are mild so it was fairly easy to maintain the colony through the cool months. At the end of last summer my BioPod <a href='http://blacksoldierflyblog.com/2009/05/03/refreshing-the-colony/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Black solidier fly larvae-variation in growth rate</title>
		<link>http://blacksoldierflyblog.com/2008/09/24/black-soldier-fly-larvae-variation-growth-rate/</link>
		<comments>http://blacksoldierflyblog.com/2008/09/24/black-soldier-fly-larvae-variation-growth-rate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 03:48:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jerry</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[My first year raising BSF]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Raising black soldier fly larvae]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vermiculture and BSF composting]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[hatching]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently collected a newly laid clutch of black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens)eggs for a photographic study of their development and I isolated three of them for the photos. I placed the three individuals and the remaining few hundred BSF from that clutch into identical containers. I didn&#8217;t keep detailed records, but there is an <a href='http://blacksoldierflyblog.com/2008/09/24/black-soldier-fly-larvae-variation-growth-rate/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Black soldier fly composting  in the frigid north</title>
		<link>http://blacksoldierflyblog.com/2008/08/16/bsf-composting-in-the-frigid-north/</link>
		<comments>http://blacksoldierflyblog.com/2008/08/16/bsf-composting-in-the-frigid-north/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Aug 2008 20:52:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jerry</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Raising black soldier fly larvae]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blacksoldierflyblog.com/?p=272</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Actually, this post applies to any region that has seasonal temperatures below that which support BSF mating. This encompasses the entire continental U.S. except for a few extreme southern areas. Black soldier flies (Hermetia illucens) are common in tropical and subtropical regions, but their range extends into many northern states of the continental U.S. You <a href='http://blacksoldierflyblog.com/2008/08/16/bsf-composting-in-the-frigid-north/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Collecting the immature larvae</title>
		<link>http://blacksoldierflyblog.com/2008/07/25/collecting-immature-larvae/</link>
		<comments>http://blacksoldierflyblog.com/2008/07/25/collecting-immature-larvae/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 22:57:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jerry</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Raising black soldier fly larvae]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Utilizing black soldier fly larvae]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This method doesn&#8217;t involve the dark, prepupal larvae which are self-harvesting The coffee colored black soldier fly grubs (prepupae) are the final stage before pupation into adult BSF (Hermetia illucens). To our advantage they are programmed by nature to crawl away from the food source in search of a suitable pupation site. In a properly <a href='http://blacksoldierflyblog.com/2008/07/25/collecting-immature-larvae/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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