Busy Bees Day Care
A licensed child care center in Sonora, Texas 76950
509 Railroad, Sonora, Texas 76950. (325) 387-2725.
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The short answer
Record last released by Texas HHSC on Oct 24, 2026.
- 6 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Sutton County: 3.5
- 2 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
- 12 inspections on record
- 2-Star Texas Rising Star rating
Each figure’s source sits beside it, in its section below.
What these words mean5
- Inspection (survey)
- A visit by state inspectors, often unannounced, who check a place against the rules it must meet. For nursing homes and other places Medicare pays, CMS calls these visits surveys: a standard survey of a nursing home comes at least every 15 months, and a complaint survey whenever a complaint calls for one. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 488.308.
- Deficiency, citation, violation
- What inspectors write up when a place didn’t meet a rule: the rule, what they saw, and when. CMS calls it a deficiency; states may say citation or violation. It is the inspectors’ finding, not a court’s, and the place is usually asked for a plan to correct it. Source: CMS, statement of deficiencies (Form CMS-2567); each state’s licensing agency.
- Texas’s risk levels
- Texas gives each child care deficiency a risk level, by how likely it is to harm a child: Low, Medium Low, Medium, Medium High or High. High is its most serious. Source: Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child Care Regulation.
- Licence status
- Whether the state’s licence lets the place operate now, in the state’s own words: licensed, on probation (allowed to keep operating on conditions, after problems), provisional, pending or expired. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.
- Capacity
- The most people the licence or certification lets the place care for at once: residents, children, beds or apartments, as the state counts them. It isn’t how many are there now. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.
What did inspectors find?
6 deficiencies cited in the last three years
The middle of the 2 child care providers in Sutton County had 3.5.
12 inspections on record. The latest, on Aug 13, 2026: 2 deficiencies cited.
Rated High by Texas: Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months, at the inspection on Aug 13, 2026
Rated High by Texas: Prohibited Punishments - Corporal Punishment, at the report to the state on Mar 20, 2024
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
When those deficiencies happened
6 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Aug 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Oct 24, 2026.
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| 2025 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 2026 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct |
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Hearth Record drew this from the dates and levels in the source’s own records.
Each deficiency, in Texas’s words
Grouped by visit, newest first, with the risk level Texas gave it, from Low to High.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
Aug 13, 2026: inspection2 deficiencies
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Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months
“A fire inspection had not been conducted within the required 12-month period.”
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Annual Sanitation Inspection
“An annual sanitation inspection had not been conducted within the required 12-month period.”
May 24, 2024: inspection1 deficiency
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Training requirements for substitutes, volunteers, and contractors-24 annual
“Upon reviewing staff files, one substitute did not have 24 hours of annual training to review.”
Mar 20, 2024: report to the state1 deficiency
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Prohibited Punishments - Corporal Punishment
“A caregiver tapped a 2-year-old child on the hand as the child was fighting with another child over a toy.”
Dec 7, 2023: inspection2 deficiencies
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Each Caregiver and the Director Must Have Current Training in pediatric first aid with rescue breathing and choking.
“Upon reviewing staff files, two staff members did not have a current CPR/First Aid Certificate on file.”
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Required Health Statement - Written, dated within past year, indicates child is physically able to participate in operation’s child-care program
“Upon reviewing children files, three children did not have Health Statements on file.”
12 deficiencies older than three years
Jun 30, 2023: inspection2 deficiencies
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Children’s Products- Annual Certification
“Children’s Product Certification was not current and certified.”
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Documentation of Drills
“Upon reviewing the Emergency Practice Log, Fire Drills were not documented in the last two months.”
Nov 16, 2022: inspection2 deficiencies
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Training Requirements for Employees and Caregivers - 24 Annual Training
“3 of 3 caregivers’ records reviewed did not have the required 24 training hours for the last full year of employment. Previous year records were not available. I was able to review current year training record. 1 caregiver was missing 24 hours. 1 caregiver was missing 4 hours and 1 was missing 2 hours.”
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Training Requirements for Directors 30- Annual Training
“Director’s record was evaluated. Director lacks 24 hours training. Previous year record of trainings was not found.”
Mar 16, 2022: inspection1 deficiency
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Basic Requirements for Infants - Never Unsupervised
“A 14 months old was observed sleeping on a mat. A 3 months baby was laying on a crib. Caregiver was observed feeding a 9 months and 12 months old babies away from infant area. High chairs were babies where sitting are located against the wall close to the kitchen area. Infant room caregiver was facing the babies at the highchairs while giving her back to the babies at the room. After approaching director a high chair was placed within the area where infants are.”
Mar 2, 2022: inspection7 deficiencies
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Basic Requirements for Infants - Never Unsupervised
“A 13 months old was observed riding a toy in an area by herself while Infant teacher was sitting on infant room feeding a baby and supervising three more children that were sitting on the carpet. Director asked another caregiver to stay with the 13 months old.”
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Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months
“Operation last fire inspection was conducted on 2/2/21.”
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Smoke Detectors Testing
“Monthly Smoke Detector Testing has not been done since summer 2021. Director was asked to check smoke detector and document.”
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Annual Sanitation Inspection
“Operation did not have proof of an update environmental Inspection. Last health inspection was conducted on 1/26/21.”
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Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes
“Fire Drills haven’t been done for more than 3 months. A fire drill was conducted while I was present at the facility.”
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Electronic or Battery-Operated Carbon Monoxide Detector-Check All Detectors Monthly
“Carbon Monoxide detector has not been tested since summer 2021. Director was asked to test the detector an document on the emergency practices form.”
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Children’s Products- Annual Certification
“The required Consumer Product Safety Commission form has not been completed. Form was last completed on 11/2020. Copy of form 2885 was provided and completed during inspection.”
All 14 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 2026 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Dec 22, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 25, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Nov 18, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 21, 2024 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| May 24, 2024 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Apr 1, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 20, 2024 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Dec 7, 2023 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Jun 30, 2023 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Nov 16, 2022 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Apr 4, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 16, 2022 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Mar 2, 2022 | Inspection | 7 deficiencies cited |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued Mar 23, 1990.
- Its permit has conditions.
- Accepts state child care subsidies.
- Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
- Capacity: 43 children.
Texas HHSC, child care operations. Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
Has Texas acted against it?
- No corrective or adverse action by Texas on record.
- 2 reports to the state on record; Texas doesn’t publish whether they were A complaint allegation the state investigated and found true: the evidence showed it more likely than not happened. Inconclusive means the evidence couldn’t show it either way. Neither inconclusive nor unsubstantiated proves it didn’t happen. Source: California Department of Social Services, complaint findings; each state’s licensing agency..
Texas HHSC, child care operations and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
Who does the caring?
- Texas doesn’t publish staffing levels for individual providers. State rules set staff-to-child ratios by age.
Who owns it?
- Texas’s open data doesn’t list owners.
How is it rated?
- Texas Rising Star: 2-Star (the first of three levels).
Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
How does it compare nearby?
- Among 2 child care providers in Sutton County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 3.5; this one had 6.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| Busy Bees Day Care This child care provider | 6 |
| Ms. Tammy’s Daycare | 1 |
What the record doesn’t say
- Texas doesn’t publish whether a complaint was substantiated.
- Texas rates some paperwork slips as High risk, so read what was actually cited.
- Texas doesn’t publish staffing levels or owners for individual providers.
Sources
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Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child care operations (bc5r-88dy).
Released Oct 24, 2026 and checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
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Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Inspections and investigations (m5q4-3y3d).
Released Oct 24, 2026 and checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
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Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Deficiencies (non-compliance data) (tqgd-mf4x).
Released Oct 24, 2026 and checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
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Texas Workforce Commission, Subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star.
Released Oct 24, 2026 and checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily. No licence stated.
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