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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India Republic Day
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Boxing Day
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Iceland for International Rock Day
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A story of wind and ice
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Serra de Tramuntana, Majorca, Spain
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Daiichi Tadami River Bridge, Fukushima, Japan
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Skyscraper Day
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Trullo buildings in Alberobello, Apulia, Italy
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Sequoia National Parks 134th anniversary
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A giant relic in Java
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Legacy mural in Philadelphia
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Russell lupines, Lake Tekapo, New Zealand
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Autumnal equinox
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International Day of Friendship
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Welcome to the Ring of Fire
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National Garden Week begins today
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Lavender fields on the Valensole Plateau in Provence, France
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It s National Hispanic Heritage Month
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A black heron canopy feeding in Botswana
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Ruins of Inca temples and terraces on Huayna Picchu, Peru
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Thomas Jefferson Memorial, Washington, DC
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Fall comes to Pando
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It s leap day!
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Winterpret on ice
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Happy 50th for the National Trails System!
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‘Hello’ from zero degrees longitude
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It’s Canada’s national day
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A festival of lights in India
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World Donkey Day
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Back to the nest
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