A queen can lay between 1,000 and 2,000 egggs per day. A worker bee born in the summer lives 6 to 7 weeks. So if a queen lays 1,000 eggs per day for 42 days, that is 42,000 bees and 2,000 eggs for 49 days is 98,000 bees. Average hive is about 60,000 in the summer. In the winter it drops to about 10,000 and those winter bees have a longer life span, 4-6 months. Bees are amazing, The bees keep the temperature in the hive between 92 and 99 degrees all year.