I'm not even sure if this is possible with a lot of sensors, but what should be possible to do, but don't expect it any time soon, would be to add an option to set the poll time on the sensor, if supported.
So say you have a temperature sensor, then you should be able to set the poll time on it from x to y depending what range is supported by the sensor.
However, in your example, the bulb should've sent its status change within less than a second from it having been changed, so you might be seeing something entirely different here. We haven't tested these bulbs yet, but I know we have some coming, so there might still be room for improvement on how they work with the Almond+.