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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Tibetan New Year
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Château de Sully-sur-Loire, Center-Val de Loire, France
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Russell lupines, Lake Tekapo, New Zealand
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Black History Month
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Row, row, row your gondola
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Torres del Paine National Park in Patagonia, Chile
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A dramatic view of Sicily
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A ‘circus of chaos’ for Stravinsky
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Feature Attraction: 85 years at the drive-in
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Celebrating 54 years of Capitol Reef National Park
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Maya site of Copán
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Land ho in New Zealand 250 years ago
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Who s hiding in the kelp?
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International Day of the Worlds Indigenous Peoples
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Celebrating Charles Darwin
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The Aomori Nebuta Festival parade, Japan
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There’s treasure in them thar hills
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Paro Tsechu Festival in Bhutan
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National Park Week: Guadalupe Mountains National Park
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Work out on your way to work
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Ring-tailed lemur
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Womens History Month
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Colorful cows of the reef
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Castle Day in Japan
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Pi Day
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African bush elephants in Namibia
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Bridge over the River Tara
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Tigh Mor Trossachs on Loch Achray, Scotland
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Point Reyes National Seashore, California
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Wander the ancient medina
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