Rangerbull, I raised beemoths for 25 years. I could give you some help hopefully. For the worms to stop spinning you have to set them dormant. The way you do that is after you have picked them, you put them into a temperature of 33 degrees for 5 hours. That will set them dormant and also sterilize them. When you keep your cycle going you don't want to use those worms as they won't turn into moths very well. So you are raising yours in a wooden box.. Never heard of that!! I always raised mine in a gal. or 1/2 gal pickle jar with a very fine mesh screen soldered into the lid. You got to be very careful that none get loose because they will cause havoc throughout the house. They will eat your carpet, couch, shoes and just about anything else they can get at. I would start my batch with 15 worms and they would produce anywhere between 5000 and 10000 worms. Hope this helps.
Jack