Not only branded, but named.... Annie, brenda, cathy, debbie, eva, fannie, etc. etc. :thumbsup: :lol:
I'm working on training mine to call their names as they enter and leave the hive :roll: Either they are slow learners or I'm a bad teacher. :cry: So far I've had no success. :lol:
I put mine through basic training: roll call/PT formation at 0600, work call formation at 0800, etc. They get promotions and everything. Egg, larvae, pupae, nurse, housekeeper, guard, forager, that's what happens when a former U.S.Army NCO becomes a beekeeper. LOL
Our blueberry bushes are being pollinated mostly by bumblebees too, even though they are only about 15 yards from my two big honeybee hives... lol!