Hey Randy, I thought about you the other day while I was feeding BSFL to my fish. I hardly saw any redears during the winter, but they did not forget about BSF! I kept my colony going with some insulation and the larvae I have now were laid last fall.

I haven't seen any adult BSF yet this year. They probably won't show up until late April. Until then I'll just have to resist the urge to feed all of my larvae to the fish. Of course there are plenty of pupae around my property just waiting for some warm weather to hatch and mate, but I have a bunch of starter kits to make so I want to be conservative.

I feel the same way about the tea. I haven't worked with it as fertilizer but generally speaking it would have to be pretty darn good to inspire me to collect it. I'm also planning to drain it into the ground.

I do have a large amount of BSF compost I want to experiment with. I see tomatoes in my future.