The nights are still cold but days are (mostly) becoming milder. That means it’s time to tap into those maple trees to begin the process of converting the sticky sap into delicious maple syrup or ...

Annie Doerr, left, laughs as her fellow volunteer Colleen Nagel jokingly demonstrates the width of a Maple tree that is sufficient to tap it for sap. THE BLADE/KATIE RAUSCH Buy This Image Jason ...

Bright galvanized steel cans on trees caught my eye while cruising for feature pictures last week in Holland.DeGraaf Nature Center staff were collecting maple tree sap to make syrup in the Van Raalte ...

When the high temperatures rise above freezing and the daily lows stay below freezing, the sap starts to run in maple trees. On Saturday, April 6, at Maplewood State Park near Pelican Rapids, Minn., ...

NATICK - It's officially maple syrup season in Massachusetts. "Maple season is about a six-week window from when you tap the tree to when you're done collecting sap from the tree," said Haley Goulet ...