Who lives more a honey bee or a honey bees queen?

a honey bee's queen. The queen of a hive sole job is to contribute her DNA to the population of the hive. Because the queen preserves male sperm in her body from several males (drones), the character of the brood will change. A queen the steered or pushed over the nursery comb and will lay over 2000 eggs a day. A queen can easily live over 3 years as long as the workers keep her warm in the winter and dry.