But this is prime time for maple lovers, as sugar-shack chimneys pump out hot steam as the ... the event also gives visitors a chance to tap a tree and collect sap from a bucket.

“We need to be ready at the right time, because the tap holes really only flow ... a vacuum to help increase the flow of the sap. “The vacuum pump reduces the pressure in the trees to allow ...

(WSAW) --- Students at Auburndale Middle/High School learn maple tree tapping in their school forest as part of their Agriculture class in what the teacher says is a decent maple sap season.

Maple sap flows from a tree at Sugar Oak ... the vacuum pumps, the tanks — all that comes from Canada,” Ruger said. Ruger was inspired to tap for maple after his wife made the mistake ...