That sweetness in the air is not just the arrival of springtime—maple syrup season has arrived in Quebec. Taps drilled into the maple trees collect oozing sap in buckets like these. The sap is then heated to evaporate excess water, leaving the concentrated sugary syrup—yum. And Canada takes its maple syrup very seriously. Producing about 70 percent of the world’s maple syrup, Quebec even has its own ‘maple syrup cartel,’ which works to keep prices stable and maintains the Global Strategic Maple Syrup Reserve. Now, that’s sticky business.
Sweet! It’s maple syrup season
Today in History
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Black grouses lekking
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Cecil Brewer Staircase, London
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A tree amid the Tetons
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Sailing on thick ice
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Endangered Species Day
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Buddha in the roots of a tree, Ayutthaya, Thailand
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Mona Vale Rockpool, Sydney, Australia
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Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act anniversary
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Santo Antão Island in the Republic of Cabo Verde
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When science looks like magic
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Vieste, Apulia, Italy
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The dry days of winter in Etosha
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Summertime in Alaska
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Moeraki Boulders, South Island, New Zealand
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Till the cows come home
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Sand, sun, and sk8ers
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Terraced fields of green
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Amelia Earhart
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A winter light show
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St. Patrick’s Day in Ireland
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Methow Valley, North Cascades, Washington
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Glendurgan Garden hedge maze is 186 years old
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Notes from an underground lake
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A star blows a bubble
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Gulf Islands National Seashore, Florida
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Brown bears, Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska
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To Roswell, and beyond!
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Feeling lazy? Today s your day.
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Kiteboarding and windsurfing in Croatia
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A winter’s holiday ends
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