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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Sharp-dressed bug
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World Theater Day
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A house of grand scale(s)
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Cool water in the Quinault
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Venice by night
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Friendship Day in the City of Brotherly Love
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A hermitage with a view
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The story of the poinsettia
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The village of Castelluccio above the Piano Grande, Umbria, Italy
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Racing toward history
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Flocking together in the Antarctic
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Yellow-eyed penguins, Moeraki, New Zealand
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World Population Day
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Construction workers resting above Manhattan
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Procida, Italy
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Celebrating World Water Day
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Working for that cliffside view
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Hey neighbor, it s World Space Week!
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A view from the top
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A tale of almonds and bees
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Fibonacci Day
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Río Negro, Amazon basin, Brazil
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Mountain goats
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Road to Sa Calobra, Majorca, Spain
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A hidden jewel in Croatia
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Black History Month
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Camels in the desert, United Arab Emirates
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The Roaches ridge in the Peak District, England
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It s ∞ Day!
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A Christmas market with a long history