I have harvested about four liters of compost from my E. hortensis bin. For the most part it is castings, but there is still some smaller pieces of carbon material present as well as eggshell chowder. Along with the screened compost came the hordes of what I assume are pot worms. From what I have found here and elsewhere, these pot worms are a beneficial.
Since this material is going to be stored over the winter, I am wondering if it would be wise to try to keep these biologicals alive by feeding and watering the bin. Would they further supplement the compost, or delete what good is there already? It would be an easy task to allow the bin to dry out to the point where these worms would expire, but wouldn't that also be detrimental to the micro-organisms we purposely grow?
Thanks,
-@Winters4ksu