One more sift

It's been about three weeks since I sifted the beetles from their bedding, so I did it again yesterday.   I use the plastic inside piece from my salad spinner and it works well.

Today I bought another set of drawers.  These are 12" long but are the shallow ones just like my other deeper ones.  Since I'm needing more drawers and I don't think I need the extra depth, these will take up lots less space. 

We're getting ready to make a trip to New England, and my "farm" will go with us on another journey.  I need to figure out which drawers need to go with us.  This latest sifting can stay at home since it won't need any care for a few weeks.  The drawer of worms that I'm harvesting from has lots fewer worms in it now.  I've taken a lot of pupae from it and have fed lots of mealworms to my sparrows.  There may not be much left in it by next week.  I'll need to take the beetle drawer plus the worms in the next two sizes who are growing rapidly and need frequent feeding.