20,000 Bees Removed from Florida Grandma's Home [VIDEO]

A colony of some 20,000 bees were found living within the walls of an elderly woman's home in Cocoa Beach, Fla.

Ninety-eight year old Sevia Moore told local NBC affiliate WESH that she was oblivious to the buzzing colony occupying her home's awnings and attic, never seeing any when she was outside and never having any trouble because of bees.

Moore was made aware of the bees after an exterminator was called to get rid of rats in her attic, the Daily Mail reported, adding that the rodents, including squirrels, were feasting on the bee's sweet honeycomb.

Local beekeeper Leo Cross was called to the scene, where he found the hive established throughout the awnings and in hollow spaces in Moore's single-storey home.

Lately, wild and farmed colonies of bees have been at risk of colony collapse disorder, which can be devastating to a hive, as well as and produce outward ripple effects, as the pollinators are so necessary to the food chain.

"I think the honeybee population is hurting right now," local beekeeper Leo Cross told WESH. "So it's very good to, if you can, save the hive."

Cross used a vacuum to clear away the bees before removing the bee's honeycomb network, which will assure the space is not reoccupied. The bees will be transferred to a more suitable location.

Huge colonies of bees have been known to thrive in the walls of homes.

In May, an estimated 40,000 bees were found living in within bedroom walls of a Utah couple.

Earlier in the year, countless millions of wasps and their 22-foot long nest were found in an abandoned home on an island off the coast of Morocco.