Honey Bee Haven Kids
Honey Bee Haven Kids is a certified child care center in Pittsburgh, PA, with capacity for 55 children. Since August 2021, Pennsylvania certification staff have inspected it 3 times. The state cited 16 violations, none of them core-safety, most often for building & playground safety (9 of 16). All 16 came in the last 12 months. Measured by topic-weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #64 of 251 centers in Pittsburgh and has more citations per inspection than 60% of Pennsylvania certified centers.
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Tall shelving units in the bathroom and the DS 2 room were not secured in a way to prevent them from tipping.
Protective receptacle covers were not placed in an electrical outlet accessible to children 5 years of age or younger located on the outside of the building by the entrance to the facility, in the bathroom, and each of the classrooms downstairs.
A device that had been installed to limit the opening of a window in the upstairs room to 6 inches was not activated.
The floor bolts on one of the toilets in the bathroom were not covered.
A Big Wheel in the outdoor play space was missing pedals.
Potentially hazardous food brought from a child's home in a lunch box was not refrigerated.
The fire detection system was not tested every 30 days between 7/18 and 8/20/2026. The fire detection system was tested within the last 30 days.
The college transcript in the record for staff #1 who was identified as a group supervisor did not verify that staff #1 graduated with a bachelor's degree in early childhood education, child development, special education, elementary education or the human services field.
The written plan of daily activities was not posted in the DS 2 room and the outdoor play space.
The emergency transportation plan was not posted in the outdoor play space.
The record for staff #1 did not include two written, nonfamily references from individuals attesting to the person's suitability to serve as a facility person.
The bathroom was not equipped with a clean, lidded waste receptacle.
Written notification of safe routes were not posted by the operator at a conspicuous location in the child care facility.
The operator's notification to the local traffic safety authorities did not include the program's use of pedestrian and vehicular routes around the child care facility.
Observed holes in two of the screens in the windows of the Infant Room.
Observed peeling paint at the bottom of the block wall in the rear of Downstairs Room #2, which leads to the outdoor play space.
“Core safety” marks citations about supervision and staff ratios, discipline and caregiver conduct, background checks, child protection and safe sleep, the topics our score weights most. Pennsylvania’s records don’t grade violations by severity. “Follow-up” marks a violation re-cited at a follow-up visit, counted once. How scores work.
Enforcement actions
Negative sanctions Pennsylvania lists for this center, such as a downgrade to a provisional certificate, refusing to renew or revoking its certificate of compliance, with the status COMPASS shows. “Operation permitted” means the center may keep operating while it appeals; “operation not permitted” means it may not.
About this center
Common questions
Has Honey Bee Haven Kids had any serious violations?
No citations on supervision, staff ratios, discipline, background checks, child protection or safe sleep since 2021. It has 16 other citations, listed above.
Have there been complaints about Honey Bee Haven Kids?
Pennsylvania lists no complaint investigation that found a violation at Honey Bee Haven Kids since 2021. Its search shows these “verified complaints” but not what a complaint alleged, or whether every violation relates to it.
How does Honey Bee Haven Kids compare with other daycares in Pittsburgh?
It is tied for #64 of 251 centers in Pittsburgh by topic-weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 60% of Pennsylvania certified centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Honey Bee Haven Kids last inspected?
Sep 11, 2026 (renewal). The state cited at least one violation during that visit.
Who runs Honey Bee Haven Kids?
The legal entity on its Pennsylvania certificate is AJRSquared LLC.
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Citations are quoted from Pennsylvania Department of Human Services inspection records (Office of Child Development and Early Learning, Bureau of Certification Services), including each finding and the center’s plan of correction. Rule numbers refer mostly to 55 Pa. Code Chapter 3270, the rules for child care centers; a few cite Chapter 20, which covers every certified facility. Pennsylvania’s records don’t grade violations by severity; the “core safety” label and the score are Daycare Record’s.
To check the state’s own record, search the center’s name on COMPASS Child Care Provider Search and open its inspection history. Data refreshed Oct 16, 2026.
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