Making a natural fiber like wool into something useful like a sweater involves a lot of steps. We might be familiar with shearing the sheep, spinning the wool into yarn, or knitting and weaving, but ...

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 ...

Wool carding is the process in which loose fibres of wool are manipulated into thin strands prior to spinning. The Wool Carder Bee gets its name from the fact that females collect hairs that they ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

When you tell people that you’ve got a bag of sheep’s wool in your possession, the first thing you get asked is, “Can I touch it?” When you dip your hands into the fiber, it’s a new, exciting feeling, ...