The European wool carder bee is not the terrorist that some folks think it is. The pollinator doesn”t cause colony collapse disorder (CCD). It”s not a newcomer to California. It doesn”t have five ...

To create the vests, hats, mittens and slippers that she felts from wool, Katharine Jolda spends several hours a week on a stationary bicycle. She calls it a CycloCarder, a pedal-powered drum carder ...

When you were a teenager, did you ever think about sitting for three hours with no break weaving, carding and spinning wool? For the first time, the Pennsylvania Farm Show encouraged young people up ...

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. This is a wool carder owned by the Copp family of Stonington, Connecticut during the 18th and 19th century. The ...

There is a new bee out in the garden, and he is a “monster.” This male Wool Carder bee will mate with any female and chase away any male that comes into his territory. Everyone has heard of honeybees, ...

Kelsey K Graham receives funding from Tufts University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Tufts University Institute of the Environment, Sigma Xi, the Animal Behavior Society, and the National ...