Craftspeople feed the silkworms every four hours so they spin brilliantly yellow cocoons. And turning those cocoons into silk is even more delicate work. In the 2010s, as cheaper, fake silk ...

"Traditionally, industry has used degumming to unravel the silkworms cocoon to produce their fibers. It is also commonly used by researchers to facilitate 'unspinning' silk back into a solution ...

Feeding should be started off with 50-day-old shoots harvested at the height of three feet in the cooler hours of the morning. 60-day-old shoots should be fed to fifth stage worms. Thank you for ...

Once upon a time, circa 2700 BC in China, empress Xi Ling Shi was enjoying her afternoon tea under a mulberry tree, when a silkworm cocoon fell from the tree into her tea. She noticed that on contact ...

In India’s Meghalaya, silkworm rearing and weaving are common in rural areas, now several women are using solar-powered ...

"The offerings to the Silkworm Deity. With their use indiscernible for now, it is wise to accept them all as given." The Rice Cocoons is a Key Item related to a Sidequest that takes place in ...

In Yizhou District of Hechi City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, sci-tech enabled modern sericulture and ...

The raw silk production in the country stayed at 34,042 metric tonnes (MT) till January 2025, registering an uptick, Pabitra ...