BP: Red Lake students take part in traditional way to tap the trees

Apr 01, 20190

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Red Lake eighth-grader Angelina Sumner dumps maple sap into a bucket on Wednesday in a section of forest just south of Red Lake. (Jillian Gandsey | Bemidji Pioneer)

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Red Lake students take turns chopping wood and gathering maple sap Wednesday in a section of forest near Red Lake. (Jillian Gandsey | Bemidji Pioneer)

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Orville White chops wood at a sugar bush camp Wednesday in a section of forest just south of Red Lake. (Jillian Gandsey | Bemidji Pioneer)

RED LAKE-A pair of Red Lake Middle Schoolers were inspecting a tree trunk when Ryan Jorgenson approached them.

"See these little sticks?" Jorgenson, their science teacher, asked. "They put 'em in the tap holes when they're all done. You can put beeswax and stuff in there, too."

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