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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World Hello Day
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National Mountain Climbing Day
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Chestnut-eared aracari in the Pantanal, Brazil
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Jan van Eyckplein in Bruges, Belgium
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National Blueberry Day
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Lake Bled, Slovenia
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Mangrove Conservation Day
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Jamaica celebrates its independence
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Moody skies over Valletta
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Let’s go mothing
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World Wildlife Day
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The Lena Delta Wildlife Reserve in Siberia, Russia
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International Haiku Poetry Day
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World Bee Day
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The glowing waters of the Matsu Islands
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Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch on the institution s 175th anniversary
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Blue Lagoon spa, Grindavík, Iceland
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A festival of lights in India
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International Whale Shark Day
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Plum blossoms in China
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Celebrating freedom
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International Tiger Day
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Penguin Awareness Day
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Red lechwe, Okavango Delta, Botswana
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A grotesque scene
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Þorrablót, Icelandic midwinter festival
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National Cherry Blossom Festival, Washington, DC
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Sand dunes in the Sahara, Algeria
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Incense making, Vietnam
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Moselle River loop near Kröv, Germany
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