My brother just had a huge hive removed from a wall in his house where they had been nesting for quite a while unbeknownst to him. Thet turned out to be honey bees and had quite a stash of very good quality honey. The hive was transported to a local bee keeper. I imagine they were glad to get them
Cool story! Something similar happened in Concord, CA a few years ago (2002 or 2003, I think). It was the old Galindo house. They removed and sold plenty of honey!
Here is another honey story from 2008 (North Carolina):