Having grown up in Upstate New York, Maple syrup is made by drilling a hole in a sugar maple tree, collicting the sap in large barrels, (we used new clean garbage cans) and gently boiling the sap to remove the water. After about a 32X reduction, you have Maple Syrup. The native indians used to do this every spring. R. Keene Richard Keene, Novell Inc, Provo, Utah, 801-861-4389, [log in to unmask]