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Let's start by explaining what the indirect object is not. The indirect object can't be se/ellos, because whatever the IO is, it has to match the pronoun "os" used in the original question. That said, I interpret this question as "who is making your beds?" We know the indirect object is "you", which is inferred from the possessive pronoun"your", just as ...

Being reflexive is not an invariant characteristic: it's not preserved under translation. In this context, to take (llevarse) is reflexive in Spanish. What se at the end of the verb means is take (with them), which in English might sound obvious, but in Spanish it's necessary. There are other instances of this phenomenon: the right translation of This ...

I'm going to venture a general rule that may have some exceptions, but I believe to be true in enough cases to lay it out this way. In constructions involving an indirect object, always use the indirect object pronoun. Now we're talking about actual usage more than formal rules, which you should keep in mind as I discuss this, but generally, even when ...