You only need a portion to survive because they breed so quickly, so would suggest you hand-pick a jar full and put the rest through the sieve. Any which don't survive will just become part of the composting process.
right stupid question time: How do stones get into your compost bins / wormeries?
Not stones particularly, but any larger bits, rose cuttings/sticks not broken down, avocado or peach pits not broken down etc
I'm pretty sure that I know how they get in mine , as part of an ongoing effort to increase the percentage of meadow plants as opposed to grass I remove spade sized divots of turf to expose bare soil to receive hand sown or naturally sown seeds of said meadow plants and the divots go straight into my compost bins complete with stones .
@womble10.tbqN4MHYE_ - did not know you could have an electric soil sieve - i'd need a much bigger one. ps. there are places selling them cheaper than Amazon. I regularly sieve soil as does depend on what I am doing with it. Here's my hand made version
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