Let p be a fixed odd prime. The Bockstein free part of the mod p Steenrod algebra, Ap, can be defined as the quotient of the mod p reduction of the Leibniz Hopf algebra, Fp. We study the Hopf algebra epimorphism π : Fp → Ap to investigate the canonical Hopf algebra conjugation in Ap together with the conjugation operation in Fp. We also give a result about conjugation invariants in the mod 2 dual Leibniz Hopf algebra using its multiplicative algebra structure.