What makes sap start running in late winter? And how do you tap a tree without harming it? Coming up at 9 a.m. on Thursday, MPR News host Angela Davis talks about the science behind maple syrup.

Twenty miles southwest of Cornell’s Ithaca campus grows a forest of sweet trees. The tubing at their trunks carry sugary sap awaiting to be transformed into a crowd-pleasing breakfast staple: maple ...

What do maple syrup and rubber have in common? They are both made from tree sap (kind of like tree blood)! However, only maple syrup is an edible sweet treat. Maple syrup is a natural sweetener with ...

With the temperatures rising many of the maple trees in the area will soon be ready to be tapped for syrup. While syrup ...

As cold nights and slightly warmer days continue across the Poconos, maple season is underway. Those temperature swings are exactly what maple producers wait for each year, helping sap flow from the ...

AUBURNDALE, Wis. (WSAW) --- Students at Auburndale Middle/High School learn maple tree tapping in their school forest as part of their Agriculture class in what the teacher says is a decent maple sap ...

Have you always wanted to learn to tap maple trees to make your own maple syrup? Then you’re in luck because maple syrup ...

Sunday felt like a true changing of the seasons with temperatures ranging in the 50s. The sun and heat brought a big spring melt for most of the metro, which was perfect conditions for one of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Somerset County Maple Producers' annual tree-tapping ceremony heralding the coming of spring will be held at 2 p.m. Feb. 28 at ...

The Somerset County Maple Producers' Association will hold its annual tree-tapping ceremony on Feb. 22. The ceremony will feature local maple royalty and Pennsylvania Secretary of Agriculture Russell ...