Sticky frames

[omnimirage]

I've been extracting honey using a crush and strain method, which has involved scraping off the honey from frames via a hive-tool, into a bucket. Sometimes for whatever reason, I don't wish to add the frames back into the hive. Last time this happened, it was due to me removing one of the supers.

What should I do with these sticky frames afterwards? Should I just wash it off? Feels like a waste with all the honey on their, but then there's a disease risk of leaving them exposed outside. Not sure what to do in these situations, what do you guys do?

[iddee]

There's also a risk a meteor will fall and crash your hive. That and disease from cleaning frames are about equal odds. Put them out for the bees.

[sc-bee]

If it is your honey and there is a disease risk...I imagine it would already most likely be spread with drifting  Let the bees clean the frames...

[omnimirage]

From what I've gathered, the risk comes from bees from other locations, perhaps feral bees, bringing diseases with them to rob the exposed honey and sharing the disease with my bees. I'm not that familiar with this though; isn't the risk largely dependent on hive location? I learned beekeeping on a bee sanctuary that had no diseases, so am unsure about the practices that I need to take on Australian main-land.

[sc-bee]

Not sure about Australia... I feed mine back. Feed only your honey and no one else's or no store bought..