The creation of a bean follows a process for the creation of the bean that consists in the steps below

During Context Creation

1 - The bean definition is created based on the configuration provided
2 - BeanFactoryPostProcessors are called (In this step you still don't have any instance of the bean, only its configuration)

Bean is Created

3 - Instance of the bean is created.
4 - Properties and Dependencies are defined
5 - BeanPostProcessor::postProcessBeforeInitialization is executed (in this step you already have the information of the bean)
6 - @PostConstruct method gets called
7 - InitializingBean:afterPropertiesSet is called ( in this case you bean has to implement  org.springframework.beans.factory.InitializingBean)
8 - @Bean(initMethod) is invoked ( this has to be defined in the @Bean)
9 - BeanPostProcessor::postProcessAfterInitialization is called

After the creation of the bean, it will be available for you to be used. Until your context is destroyed or the lifecycle of the bean reaches the end

Bean Destroyed

10 - @PreDestroy method gets called.
11 - DisposableBean::destroy method gets called.
12 - @Bean(destroyMethod) method gets called.