Little Bee
Little Bee is a licensed child care center in San Francisco, CA, licensed for up to 32 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2014. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 4 times. The state issued 2 citations, 1 of them Type A (the most serious). None came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #260 of 344 centers in San Francisco and has more citations per inspection than 61% of California licensed centers.
Inspection record
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Based on observation, interview, and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above by having an uncleared individual providing care for children which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited, which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to children in care.
About this center
Common questions
Does Little Bee take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has Little Bee had any serious violations?
California issued 1 Type A citation since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on Mar 13, 2024, for criminal record clearance. Each citation is listed in full above.
How does Little Bee compare with other daycares in San Francisco?
It is tied for #260 of 344 centers in San Francisco by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 61% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Little Bee last inspected?
Sep 3, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Little Bee cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Little Bee for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in San Francisco County, which includes San Francisco, was $1,735 a month for preschoolers (about $2,190 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Little Bee?
The licensee is Little Bee Group, INC., and the administrator listed with the state is Carmen Lin.
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Citations are quoted from California Department of Social Services inspection and complaint reports. Type A citations are the state’s most serious category (an immediate risk to children’s health, safety or personal rights); Type B citations are a potential risk. A citation is a finding about one rule, not a judgment about a center overall. Complaint allegations appear here only when the state substantiated them.
To read the full state reports, search facility number 384002469 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.