Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Birch sap collecting is going high-tech in Latvia An app called E-birch alerts users when internet-connected containers are full ...

FAIRBANKS — A glistening on the tips of the birch branches at the University of Alaska Fairbanks campus told Jan Dawe that it was time to tap another tree Wednesday morning. From a distance, birch ...

To get the sap needed for this potion, a rotating group of students, homeowners and others donate their time tapping Interior birch trees. Scientists, artists and other collaborators contribute to the ...

LAKE PLACID — The Northern New York Agricultural Development Program has posted research that can help maple and birch syrup producers react to changing climate conditions. “Maple, and now birch, ...

The nights are still cold but days are (mostly) becoming milder. 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 ...