Silkworm rearing is part of sericulture in which worms are raised for the production of raw silk. Silk worms are native to China and they feed on mulberry leaves. For commercial silkworm farming, you ...

Farmers in Ikolomani constituency, Kakamega County, are increasingly embracing silkworm farming. A group of farmers under an organisation in the constituency are promoting the activity through ...

Silkworms are the larvae of the silk moth, one of thousands of insect species that wrap themselves in cocoons as they prepare for metamorphosis. It’s one of nature’s most industrious insects — and the ...

Dimapur: Two housewives from Tuophema village in Kohima district have found sustainable livelihood in Eri silkworm farming. Starting from humble beginnings through sericulture, Vilanuo Kense and ...

Elias Kimanthi and Morris Gitonga at a farm in GItijiwe in Imenti South, Meru County where they do silk farming. PHOTO: LISPER NYAKIO. Traversing the southern part of Meru, Imenti South, in the ...

Yes, Lancaster County once had a thriving silkworm farming industry. Yes, Lancaster County once had the largest single silk-weaving mill in the United States. No, the two did not work together. They ...

With a long history of beekeeping dating back between 3500 and 3000 B.C. and a new growth in silk production, Ethiopia looks to expand both industries for increased economic opportunity for youth.

Chinese scientists have developed a method to manually spin silk from silkworms that can make it 70 percent tougher compared to the silk spun by spiders, according to South China Morning Post. This ...

As one of the strongest materials known to science, spider silk regularly finds itself at the center of exciting engineering breakthroughs, and a new study involving a quick chemical bath could take ...

Silkworm thread has been turned into superstrong material that surpasses the strength of natural spider silks, according to research. Scientists have made it 70 percent stronger than a spider's silk ...

LAHORE: The Punjab Forest Department is taking steps to revive and strengthen the province’s declining sericulture sector ...