Maple sugaring — or syrup — season is approaching, and soon enough you'll notice buckets clinging to maple trees as hobbyists and commercial operators begin collecting the sweet sap to make maple ...

A leaf-shaped bottle of maple syrup beside a dish of maple syrup and a honeycomb wand - Pixel-Shot/Shutterstock North Americans know that when the days grow warmer and the evenings stay cold, it's ...

After the harvesting process comes the real work of maple sugaring, which is concentrating the sap into delicious maple syrup. Commercial producers use reverse osmosis, and Kinnan says he is ...

Maple Tree sap tapping has been difficult this year due to the record amount of snow and late spring start. Maple syrup farmers in the northland are waiting anxiously for the weather to warm up enough ...

3 things that surprised me: 1. Maple syrup season runs from mid-February to late March here in Western Pennsylvania. Indira’s first step for making syrup is tapping all the maple trees around campus, ...

The uncharacteristic weather this winter has allowed Ohio maple trees to produce sap earlier than normal. Sap started flowing the first week of February at Malabar Farm State Park, according to Matt ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — Researchers at Montana State University received a $500,000 grant to develop high-tech sensors to improve the quality of maple syrup. The U.S. Department of Agriculture awarded the ...

An area like the Great Lakes that has rain and higher temperatures in the summer, followed by a cold, snowy winter, is best suited for maple production. But the Great Lakes maple season is evolving as ...

I love winter and have been hoping for a lot more snow, which we got last week, but only after an unseasonably (record-smashing) warm spell. Much as I love winter and want to stay in the moment, that ...

As the days warm up, maple sap flows through trunks and limbs of still dormant trees, bringing sugar from the roots to the branches. If you have access to a maple tree and aren’t making your own maple ...

Last March, Chris LaPlante of Rochester discovered that the maple tree in her yard was dripping sticky sap on the family’s car. While some people might be annoyed, LaPlante realized, "We could make ...