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History, too. The Lyonnaise silk industry was already centuries old when Robert Dumas-Hermès, great grandson of the house’s founder, first came here in the 1930s.

The process of harvesting these cocoons for silk is called sericulture, and has existed for thousands of years.Essentially, farmers create an artificial environment for the moths to lay their eggs on ...

Spiders usually produce the strongest threads of all the silk-making animals. By Rahul Rao. Published Oct 6, 2022 2:00 PM EDT. A silkworm, like the one seen here, spins a cocoon of silk.

The new silk is named “Karuna Silk”. As per trade information, a typical mulberry silk saree is produced by killing 10,000-20,000 silkworms.

The textile ministry plans to start a pilot project in Bihar, beginning with the district of Bhagalpur, a major castor-producing area, as an alternative to traditional mulberry silk.