Happy as is. No cutting down is necessary.

awesome, thanks!

Worms have no teeth so cutting or not you have to wait for the bacteria to break worm food down. Certainly smaller is faster. I know some believe things like citrus are too acidic for worms but it seems that it just takes a bit longer. Try putting the citrus or any food in one area to see how the worms behave and how long it lasts.

David... I'm not an expert here but I do know citrus peel contains d-limonene, which one among it many uses is as a botanical insecticide. This may not harm or even bother the worms, I don't know, but it may well affect the balance of certain macro- and micro- organisms within the bin. If you view your worm bin as an eco-system where all its inhabitants are associated in some predator/prey or in mutually dependent relationships then eco-system balance within the bin should be an important consideration... I'm referring to the health of the bin including the worms. Perhaps just put the peels in one location and simply observe over the course of several weeks to see if you notice any "weirdness" going on within the bin... you may have to dig down every once in a while to make appropriate observations. I'm not trying to alarm you but rather I'm just submitting this information for your consideration.

If you can suggest to your co-workers to eat bananas instead, that will be much much healthier for the worms.

I get lots of banana peels too, and coffee grounds. I told them I wouldn't turn anything away so they bring me several orange peels. well, some weeks it's mostly the little halos but same difference.
thanks guys!

this may be a stretch to ask here but I was reading about breaking down the limonene and the first step is boiling the peels to extract the limonene for distillation. by boiling the peels, would that affect the nitrogen any? I wouldn't think so but I'm not up to speed on breaking down elements anymore lol

@Scruggs, the usual compost processes will break down the stuff in the peels the worms don't like. No need to resort to industrial measures, unless you're dealing with industrial quantities.

If you have a lot of orange peels, you can also pre-compost them before putting them in the worm bin, to allow the problematic compounds to break down somewhat first. That would be far less labor and energy intensive than boiling them.

Though it's fun at first to experiment, don't set yourself up for lots of extra work over the long term. For how long would you be interested in boiling orange peels on a regular basis?

yeah, what I generally do is throw everything in the hot pile and take from that to feed the worms. seems to work OK I guess.

Certainly you can do that but beware you are very likely to bring insect eggs into the bin and into the house if that is where the bin is.

they're both outside, fortunately.