Mike Hofer, 64, is a neighbor of the Spinlers who also taps maple trees in spring. A board member of the 150-member Minnesota ...

It is the favorable tree for syrup production as the sap contains twice the sugar concentration of any other maple species (~2.5% sugar). Trees are tapped in early spring when the sap begins to flow ...

Each spring, students and staff from the Myaamia Center and students and staff from the Western Program tap ten sugar maple trees in Peabody Woods. Maple sugaring, the process of making maple sugar ...

These trees store starch in their trunks and roots during winter, which is then converted into sugar that flows in the sap during late winter and early spring. While both maple syrup and sugar add ...