SHEPHERD — It’s that time of the year when the sap starts to flow again. Maple trees need warm, sunny days and freezing nights for sap production. And because of the record temperatures we’ve seen ...

After the harvesting process comes the real work of maple sugaring, which is concentrating the sap into delicious maple syrup. Commercial producers use reverse osmosis, and Kinnan says he is ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — This Saturday and Sunday, March 29-30, mark the second and final weekend of New York Maple Weekend, a celebration of maple syrup producers in Western New York. A lot of work ...

A leaf-shaped bottle of maple syrup beside a dish of maple syrup and a honeycomb wand - Pixel-Shot/Shutterstock North Americans know that when the days grow warmer and the evenings stay cold, it's ...

LANCASTER Pa. (WHTM) — When the nights are below freezing and the days are above freezing, sap begins to flow up and down inside maple trees, which means it’s maple sugaring season. Sugar maple sap is ...

As March fills with maple syrup festivals, we come to learn how maple trees aren't at all like factories or franchises. No. The sap they produce and its sugar content — all necessary to boil it down ...

Looking to sweeten a long and bitter winter? There may be a private sweet shop growing in your yard, producing sugary sap that can be turned into maple syrup. Maple sugaring, the process that turns ...

Native Americans of northeastern North America have been harvesting maple sap and boiling it into syrup and sugar for many centuries. Various tribes have legends of how this sweet bounty of the ...

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Maple sap production, essential for syrup, varies based on factors like soil, sunlight, and temperature. Sustained cold weather, like the winter of 2024-25, benefits maple trees and their sap ...