DNBrown wrote:
 
"So the question-will bleach solution (Sodium Hypochloriet) get AFB
spores?"
 
In one of my other lives I am a home brewer.  One of the things we are
cautioned never to do is use bleach on a stainless steel keg because it is
highly reactive with the stainless steel.  I'm not sure what your extractor
is made of, but it is probably galvanized steel, which is steel with a zinc
coating.  Do not use bleach on the zinc either.  Instead, use an iodine
solution which can be purchased at a homebrewing store-or if you are in a
farming area-in a hardware or feed supply store.  In the hog raising
industry they use iodine in galvanized buckets to sterilize their boots
each time they go from one room to another.
 
However, I do not feel that you are in serious danger of transfering AFB
back to your hives in any case, and if you just clean it well with dish
washing detergent it will probably be fine.  Just my opinion.
 
                                                                                                Wade Jensen
                                                                                                Northern
Virginia