Cornell University’s Uihlein Maple Research Forest in Lake Placid tries to be on the cutting edge of syrup-making innovations ...

Early settlers quickly caught on and began producing maple syrup. It quickly found its way in the trade systems, and communities were setting up so-called sugar camps. Although the techniques of ...

Experts say sap needs to be boiled until it becomes 66% sugar to make maple syrup, a process that can take anywhere from 8 to ...

The sweet, slightly smoky scent of boiling maple sap fills sugar shacks this time of year. Gallons of sap bubble and pop as they’re refined into a deep amber syrup with a rich, earthy sweetness.

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. It generally takes between 20 and 100 gallons of sap to produce a gallon of pure maple syrup. The exact amount can vary dramatically based on ...

The flow of sap will usually stop if the temperature goes above 50 degrees. The gathering of maple sap dates back to the American Indians, who were tapping maple trees long before the settlers arrived ...

From late November to early March, Ella Smoot can usually be found in one of two places: the forest or the sugar shack. Like all maple syrup producers, her winter is a rush of running sap—cold ...

Maple syrup has long been the lifeblood of Virginia’s Highland County. This year, a brutal ice storm and recent warmth ...

The typical timeframe for gathering sap from tapped maple trees, at least in my neck of the woods, is March 1 to April 1. This year, however, folks I know in the maple syrup world were tapping their ...

While production is much larger today, maple syrup making remains a local, often family tradition in maple making regions, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The sweet, slightly smoky scent of boiling maple sap fills sugar shacks this time of year. Gallons of sap bubble and pop as ...