I do think bees get to know their keeper.
I suggest that it is an unlucky worker that gets to meet its keeper twice! More likely the keeper gets to know his bees. Each colony has its own 'personality' which the small-scale keeper will recognise, sometimes dressing up or down for.
Chris
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