Think of the word convert as meaning change, whether it is a person who adopts a new belief, or a changing action, such as when you convert dollars into euros. Many times we can catch a word's meaning by looking at its origins. In this case, the Latin con means around, while vertere means turn..
Maple sap runs best when it freezes at night (e.g. in the high 20-degrees Farenheit range) and then warms up above freezing the next day (in the range of 40-degrees Farenheit and hotter). If it stays warm at night and warm during the day or if it freezes at night but barely goes above freezing the next day, sap does not flow as well or hardly at all.
A maple syrup production farm is called a  sugarbush  or sugarwood. Sap is often boiled in a  sugar house  (also known as a sugar shack, sugar shanty, or cabane a Ã ), sucre a building louvered at the top to vent the steam from the boiling. Sap maples are usually tapped beginning at 30 to 40 years of. age