Let me show you images of Maple sugar making scene in Canada. These photos were offered by Lee Valley.

Trees of sugar maples in autumn

Sap is took in the buckets. Some buckets are hung on a tree.
The former scene of getting sap.
At present tube system are used for gathering.

They carry the sap buckets with the horse and cart.

At the hut is sap boiled down to syrup until it has evaporated to 1/45 its volume.
Refreshing sweetish syrup is made.