While bees have four stages, the length of time in these stages still varies. As alluded to earlier, the lifespan of bees is directly related to the niche they play to preserve the colony. Normally, a bee colony is organized into three systems: the queen, worker bees, and the drones.
Queen Bee
The queen bee is responsible for producing the eggs that will eventually give rise to the other members of the colony. During her entire life, the queen can lay hundreds of thousands of eggs.
The queen is quite long-lived as compared to other members of the colony. On an average, a queen bee can live from two years up to five years . Despite this, it is important to note that the queen cannot survive alone in a colony as it needs other bees to produce honey and pollinate plants Worker Bees
Despite being the smallest in size, worker bees comprise the largest number of population in the colony, ranging from 25,000 up to 80,000. However, during seasons where much work has to be done, worker bees cannot live that long.
Worker bees usually last for five to seven weeks , where the first few days are allocated for working inside the colony whereas the last few ones for gathering food, nectar, and pollen. Drone Bees
The lifespan of drone bees is directly related to their job in the colony: to mate with the queen. Sadly, after successfully mating with the queen, the drone will die right after.
However, if mating fails, the drone will be removed from the colony (usually after the end of summer) and eventually die because of starvation and temperature. 
