Every spring, maple producers across New England begin collecting sap from sugar maple trees and boiling it down into syrup, often using the same methods that have been employed for centuries. Don't ...

BETHLEHEM, N.H. — To know Charlie Stewart was to know his maple collection. Old sap buckets and yokes, sugar molds, spouts, yards of tubing, tin syrup containers — he had it all. Along with old ...

CHATHAM, N.Y. (AP) -- The maple sap bubbling away in Ron Davis' upstate New York sugar house is destined for pancakes, waffles, sweets and -- for years now -- beer kegs. The local syrup adds a touch ...

MILLMONT, Pa. — It was a cold day outside, but things were heating up inside at Paddy Mountain Sugar Shack in Millmont. This is where Dennis Snook makes maple syrup, something he's done for about 12 ...

Traditionally sap was collected in buckets hung on trees, but it’s more common these days to see plastic tubing snaking from tree to tree, leading to a collection container or directly into the sugar ...