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:
-
A wetland in Västmanland, Sweden
-
Crescent Lake near Dunhuang, China
-
Celebrating migrations
-
World Theatre Day
-
Aw shucks, It s Oyster Day
-
Chestnut-eared aracari in the Pantanal, Brazil
-
Atrani, Amalfi Coast, Italy
-
The Sonoran Desert, Arizona
-
World Giraffe Day
-
World Population Day
-
Falling for Tennessee
-
World Environment Day
-
Flock together for Cousins Day
-
Presidents Day
-
It s National Mushroom Month!
-
Crescent-tail bigeye fish, Great Barrier Reef, Australia
-
Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act marks 42 years
-
Field of Light at Sensorio by Bruce Munro
-
A national icon
-
Midwinter freeze
-
World Bee Day
-
An emerald isle of the Emerald Isle
-
Day of the Dead
-
Mada’in Saleh archeological site in Saudi Arabia
-
Fibonacci Day
-
Kochelsee in Bavaria
-
Balloon Ascension Day
-
Lighting the way to new beginnings
-
Overlooking the Douro
-
Merced River, Yosemite National Park, California
Bing Wallpaper Gallery

