Sweet Spot is an interdisciplinary collaborative team of social and natural scientists from the University of Maine and College of the Atlantic working on a project called: “Finding the Sweet Spot: Scale Challenges and Opportunities for Beekeeping and Maple Syrup Production in Maine.” Through research, education and extension activities, this project intends to better understand the production and marketing challenges and opportunities for small- and medium-scale beekeepers and maple syrup producers in Maine. This project was funded by the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA-NIFA) under award number 2007-69006-26573.