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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Mesmerizing murmuration
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Brotherly cubs
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Evidence of human habitation
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National Mushroom Month
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Life carries on, rising from a ship s skeleton
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Maritime forest on Cumberland Island, Georgia
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Big sky at Big Bend
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Kirkilai lakes, Biržai Regional Park, Lithuania
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San Francisco Bay salt flats
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Oh, happy day!
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New Zealand s loneliest mountain
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Celebrating a young girl s age-old discovery
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When in Rome...celebrate Saturnalia
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That s quite a schnoz, baby tapir
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Mangrove Conservation Day
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Dog days of summer
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Tokyo welcomes a futuristic new art museum
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Welcome to California
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Maloja, Switzerland
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Spectacular views below!
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The Spirit of Harlem by Louis Delsarte
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A bull, some flowers, and a stratovolcano
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Happy holidays!
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In Apia Harbor for Samoan Independence Day
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Happy Easter!
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The Wall for Peace
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East River crossing
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Golden larches and Prusik Peak, the Enchantments, Washington
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What, no escalator?
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