Sap is boiling, turkeys are gobbling

My dad always told me if I bought a foriegn car it was not allowed in the driveway and that I had to park it in the road. We lived on a gravel road!!!
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Mark, I grew up in the Flint area, a supremely GM town. In our neighborhood, Fords and Chryslers were considered foreign cars.
 
Scott,

This was one of my favorite times of year as a county agent in the finger lakes of NY. I would make the rounds visiting several maple producers a couple of nights each week. There is nothing like a small dixie cup of syrup straight off the finishing pan.

I see a local producer here in central Ohio tapped his trees earlier this week. The flow here is kind or erratic.

I would have maple syrup on my oatmeal every morning. Since I started keeping bees I now put honey on my oatmeal.

Tom
 
Scott,

This was one of my favorite times of year as a county agent in the finger lakes of NY. I would make the rounds visiting several maple producers a couple of nights each week. There is nothing like a small dixie cup of syrup straight off the finishing pan.

I see a local producer here in central Ohio tapped his trees earlier this week. The flow here is kind or erratic.

I would have maple syrup on my oatmeal every morning. Since I started keeping bees I now put honey on my oatmeal.

Tom
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Always wondered how beekeepers got the honey out without being stung to death. I guess if its done calmly the bees go along with it?
 
Does the weather have to reach a certain temperature for the sap to start flowing? I bet that is an interesting process!
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Generally when it warms up in the spring, late Feb early March around here. The best runs come with freezing nights and warm sunny days.

Sounds weird but after all of these years of doing it, I just sort of get a "feeling" that its time to start...so I do.
 
Always wondered how beekeepers got the honey out without being stung to death. I guess if its done calmly the bees go along with it?

Scott,

It isn't that big of a deal, with the right equipment! I have become sensitive to bee stings so I suite up head to toe whenever I work the hives. It does get a little hot in mid-summer. I don't like bees that are overly defensive, it just takes the fun out of it.

Tom
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