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Hi! Another way to stop the bugs in stored grain: use a candle. Set it in a container on top of the contents after you remove what you need, then light it and close the container. The flame will consume the available oxygen and extinguish. Remember the top of the container will need to be fireproof or protected against the flame (maybe use a tea light in one of those small decorative lanterns?)
“We can light a candle inside the container before closing the lid. The candle burns until there is no oxygen left so that all the insects that may be inside will die by suffocation.”
Source: http://scripts.farmradio.fm/radio-resource-packs/package-85/two-women-rice-farmers-discuss-their-best-seed-saving-practices/
“Every time you have to open the container to get at your grain, simply light the candle again.”
Source: https://www.homesteadingtoday.com/threads/storage-food-and-feed-grains.365104/#post-4615967
You can also protect stored grain by putting in insect-repelling dried leaves from plants such as bay trees (the same bay leaf used for cooking), neem trees, and tobacco. The scripts.farmradio.fm website listed above is a great resource for good ideas.