Bees won't clean up extractor?

[Oblio13]

A friend dropped his extractor off to have my bees clean it up, and they ignored it for days. I took it to another yard, and they were all over it within minutes. Any ideas why?

[Joe D]

Back in the spring with the flow going good, I put a few supers that had just extracted out about 40 ft in front of hive, it was a few days before they messed with them.  When I extracted the start of Aug. I put the super close to 100 yard away and they were all over them with in minutes.  May be what they have to forage on.  good luck



Joe

[KD4MOJ]

They probably just had dinner and too full for desert!  :-D

...DOUG
KD4MOJ

[BjornBee]

Maybe the extractor was used to extract this lost bucket of honey?
http://www.kval.com/news/local/Deadly-bee-disease-looms-over-Eugene-beekeepers-169582686.html?m=y&smobile=y
:-D

[AllenF]

Maybe your bees are not looking for a free handout.