A Utah cabin became home to 60,000 bees until they were recently removed.

The cabin, located in Ogden Valley, was home to a growing hive of bees since 1996. Until recently the cabin was largely uninhabited and therefore the bees were of no issue, according to The Associated Press.

The cabin's owners, who are living there while building a home nearby, discovered the bees living in the rafters and wanted to remove them due to the danger they can pose to their children. Over the course of six hours, Vic Bachman, owner of Deseret Hive Supply, removed honeycombs that were 12 feet in length, 4 feet wide and 16 inches deep. He also safely and humanely vacuumed up 15 pounds of bees, a weight which translates to 60,000 bees.

"We figure we got 15 pounds of bees out of there. It's the biggest one I've ever seen. I've never seen one that big," Bachman said, according to the Examiner.

The job took six hours and cost the owners around $600. The bees are now saftly relocated to Bachman's backyard.

"They just want to collect nectar and come back to the hive," Bachman said of the safe nature of the bees. "Most people never get stung by honeybees - it's a yellow jacket."