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 ...

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 ...