Fifth-grade students from the Indian Community School in Franklin learn how to tap maple trees for sap on Feb. 27, 2024, in the Wehr Nature Preserve.

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 other confections.

"We tap over 400 trees and we make the sap into syrup.” she said. Bauer says you can tap any species of maple tree.

Got a maple tree? Get your drill, the kids, the neighbors and go outside and tap it.

That’s according to Five Rivers MetroParks, which has been tapping its maple trees for sap at Carriage Hill MetroPark, located at 7850 E. Shull Rd. in Dayton, for about 10 years, according to ...

Maple trees aren't the only ones that produce edible sap, and you can use these tips to turn create a wide variety of tree syrups during the winter.

The Indigenous peoples of North America had taught the first European colonizers how to tap the maple tree and make maple sugar or syrup.

Maple Tree sap tapping has been difficult in 2023 for a lot of farmers. Due to inconsistent weather and snow maple sap tapping may be over.

Marylanders have an opportunity to see how sap was tapped from trees over time to make maple syrup.

They'll show you how to tap a tree, and you'll see the sap dripping into a bucket. "We allow people to taste the sap [which is] 3 percent sugar and 97 percent water," Brook says.

The temperature swings between cold nights and warmer days is what get the sap running in maple trees. The tree taps are starting to pop up around the Seacoast.

Carriage Hill MetroPark's maple sugaring program is happening Saturday, Feb. 19 starting at 10 a.m. The event is free to attend and open to the public.