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INVERNESS, Scotland — A stray fly or two buzzing around can be enough of a nuisance.

But 180,000 bees?

That's the estimated number of the honey-making insects that found a home in the ceiling of a spare bedroom inside a house in Inverness, Scotland. Somehow, the bees escaped the attention of the homeowner, who was tipped off by grandkids who used the room, according to the British Broadcasting Corp.

"It is believed the bees had lived for several years above the plasterboard ceiling in a spare bedroom in the property. The homeowner's grandchildren reported hearing buzzing at night when they went to sleep," the BBC reported on June 26.

A video posted on The Weather Channel's YouTube page shows beekeeper Andrew Card of the Loch Ness Honey Company calmly assessing the situation after removing a section of the ceiling. "Here we have a nice wee bee colony in Inverness, spare bedroom, double window. It's quite a big one, this one," he says. "It's maybe not the best thing for everybody."

He estimated three colonies of bees, or 180,000 insects in all, were in the home. "Quite a lot of bees," he said.

He removed them, put them in temporary hives and said he'd monitor the insects for parasites, possibly using them next year to produce honey, according to the BBC.