A Brisbane woman could hardly believe it when a few bee sightings that had her buzzed turned out to be a massive honey-laden hive in the ceiling.

Brisbane Backyard Bees was called to Laurel Loosham's Bracken Ridge home after she noticed a more than normal number of the insects flying around.

Beekeeper Paul Wood found a huge hive of honeycomb, 50kg of honey and 60,000 bees.

The massive hive was found concealed in a ceiling cavity. (Brisbane Backyard Bees)

Honeycomb, dripping with the liquid gold. (Brisbane Backyard Bees)

"I knew they were expanding by the number of bees going in and out, in and out," Ms Loosham said.

But clueless to the scale of what was going on in her ceiling, she let it go on for 10 months.

Video posted to Facebook by Mr Wood shows the massive amount of honeycomb the bees amassed in that time.

"It's a perfect spot for bees, a nice cozy cavity with a little small entrance they can easily defend," he told 9News.

A low-powered vacuum was used to gently suck the bees into a box so they could be safely relocated and the hive removed.

Ms Loosham now gets to keep her homemade honey.

Thousands of bees surround the hive. (Brisbane Backyard Bees)

Mr Wood told 9News he clears out about one hive a week from Queensland homes.

One found in a home in St Lucia weighed more than 100kg.