Merry Hive

23802 Avenida De La Carlota, Laguna Hills, CA 92653 · Orange County

Child care center (single license, multiple age groups)

Merry Hive is a licensed child care center in Laguna Hills, CA, licensed for up to 88 children and serving children in more than one age group. It has held its California license since 2025. No visit in that period produced a citation, which puts it among the 34% of ranked California centers with no citations. It has too few inspections so far for a statewide comparison.

Inspection record

Not enough historyCalifornia has inspected this center 0 times since Feb 8, 2021. Centers are compared once they have at least 2 inspections.

0Type A citations

0Type B citations

0Inspections

0 of 0Complaints substantiated

0 citations from 1 state visit since Feb 8, 2021 · 0 in the last 12 months · last inspected —

Every state visit

Citation issuedNo citationTop row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

Citations, newest first

No citations in this period.

About this center

Licensed capacity88 children

License typeChild care center (single license, multiple age groups)

License statusLicensed

Licensed sinceDec 9, 2025

LicenseeSvetlana Melnik

AdministratorSvetlana Melnik

Phone(714) 872-3008

State facility #304371684

Common questions

Has Merry Hive had any serious violations?

No Type A citations since 2021.

How much does Merry Hive cost?

California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Merry Hive for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Orange County, which includes Laguna Hills, was $1,584 a month for infants (about $2,000 today), $1,098 a month for preschoolers (about $1,390 today) and $820 a month for school-age children (about $1,040 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.

Who runs Merry Hive?

The licensee is Svetlana Melnik, and the administrator listed with the state is Svetlana Melnik.

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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 304371684 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.