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
More Desktop Wallpapers:
-
Tide pools in La Jolla, California
-
Venice by night
-
The Tre Cime di Lavaredo, Italy
-
Oloupena Falls, island of Molokai, Hawaii
-
National Take a Hike Day
-
New York City Marathon
-
World Children s Day
-
National Bird Day
-
Whale hello there!
-
Great Fountain Geyser, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
-
Maloja, Switzerland
-
High trekking season in Upper Mustang
-
Swinging into International Jazz Day
-
J.R.R. Tolkien Day
-
It’s Weihnachtsmarkt time!
-
Celestial Spain
-
Sutherland Falls in Fiordland National Park
-
World Teachers Day
-
The old guard at Old San Juan
-
Happy birthday to the Peak!
-
Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes in Death Valley National Park, California
-
International Zebra Day
-
’Chess on ice’
-
National Poinsettia Day
-
National Napping Day
-
Paper lanterns on the longest night
-
Zion National Park turns 103
-
Trevi in bloom
-
International Tea Day
-
50 years of the Endangered Species Act
Bing Wallpaper Gallery

