After checking the moisture content on my hops (elementary method), I decided to harvest my Sterling last night. Picked all the hops, put them in a dehydrator at 100, and let them go overnight. When I went to check on their progress this morning I noticed a lot of small bugs which I suspect to be aphids. My question is whether or not the hops will be OK to continue drying and package? The hops look consistent with past years, just that there is a number of bugs coming out of the dehydrator.
Thoughts?
Edit: This should have been placed in Hop Growing. Can someone move this?