Your household to-do list needs an operator, not another app.
Errands, home watch, light resets, organizing, recurring weekly support. Busy Bee is the trusted local operator who keeps the practical parts of home life from slipping, so your week stops being consumed by the same unfinished list.
Hi, I'm Wendy. Meet your local household operator →Kankakee County local · Scope and price confirmed in writing · References on request · 10-minute fit call, no charge.
Another Saturday eaten by errands.
Wendy runs them midweek. You get the day back.
Driving across town again for the household tasks at your parent's home.
Put groceries, mail, packages, and light reset on a standing weekly visit.
Leaving town with the house wide open to chance.
Mail, packages, plants, lights, walk-through, recap. Handled.
Busy Bee is your household operations service.
Not a cleaner. Not a caregiver. Not a stranger from an app. Busy Bee is the local operator for the small-but-important household tasks that keep homes, families, and schedules from slipping. Send the list. Approve the scope. Wendy handles it. You get the recap.
If any of this sounds like your week, you're exactly who Busy Bee was built for.
Busy local homeowners
Your life works. The house is one week behind. Weekly Home Relief gets the practical list off your plate so weekends stop disappearing.
Adult relatives managing a parent's household
You keep driving across town for groceries, mail, and small household tasks. Busy Bee handles the household tasks at your parent's home, with a written recap to you. Task support for the household, not care for the person.
Travelers and snowbirds
Leave the house knowing someone reliable is checking mail, packages, plants, lights, and visible issues. Come home to a stocked fridge.
Realtors and property owners
Vacant or inherited home? Pre-listing? You need a local operator for home checks, vendor access, donation coordination, and practical task execution.
Working professionals and families
You don't need cheap help. You need trusted execution. One standing weekly visit beats five rescheduled DIY Saturdays.
Fit call. First visit. Recurring relief.
One short call before any work starts. No vague hourly meter. No surprises.
Free 10-minute fit call
Wendy confirms what you need, whether Busy Bee is the right fit, and what the first visit costs.
First visit
Try a Quick Buzz, a Home Reset, or one Home Watch run. Scope and price in writing before she starts.
Recurring relief
Move to Weekly Home Relief or a Home Watch plan so the household stops drifting back into chaos.
Six ways to get the household running.
Start with weekly relief, a short-term rental turnover, or a one-shot Quick Buzz. Pricing depends on task, time, distance, supplies, and frequency. Wendy confirms the exact number in writing before she starts.
Weekly Home Relief
$499 to $599 / month
One standing weekly visit. Errands, light reset, organizing, grocery, returns, mail. Written recap every time. The flagship.
Start My Weekly ReliefSTR Guest-Ready Support
Starting at $49
For Airbnb and VRBO owners. Guest-ready checks, turnover reset, restocking, trash and recycling, vendor access, photo recap. Task layer only — never listing management.
See STR SupportBusy Bee Home Watch
$199 to $499 / month
Visual home check, mail, packages, plants, lights, photo or text recap. Light, Standard, or Premium tiers.
Get the Home WatchedHome Reset Day
Half-day $295 to $395 · Full-day $545 to $745
Focused block of household execution. Pantry, kitchen, closets, donation runs, seasonal prep, company-coming cleanup.
Book My Reset DayQuick Buzz Visit
Starting at $95
One short errand run. Groceries, returns, post office, pharmacy, donation drop, package pickup. The easiest way to try Wendy.
Book a Quick BuzzIn-Home Relief Audit
$99 · for complex setups only
For bigger projects: Home Reset planning, multi-area recurring plans, or property task setups. Wendy walks the home and writes the plan.
Schedule the AuditNot sure where to start? Book a free 10-minute fit call and Wendy will point you to the right one.
Weekly Home Relief. $499 to $599 / month.
One trusted weekly visit that keeps your household from constantly falling behind. The exact price inside the band depends on visit length, your task list, and distance from the core zone. Month-to-month, pause for travel, cancel any time.
- One standing weekly household task visit
- Errands, grocery pickup, returns
- Light home reset and organizing
- Mail and package handling
- Written recap after every visit
- Priority on Wendy's calendar over non-members
Not quite weekly? After the fit call Wendy may suggest Busy Bee Essentials at $249/month (two short visits) as a step down.
A typical Weekly Relief visit
- Mon AM — you text the week's list to Wendy.
- Tue/Wed — standing visit: grocery pickup, two returns, mail sort, kitchen reset.
- Same day — written recap and receipts to you.
- Next week — same operator, same standing block, no re-explaining.
Keep your rental guest-ready without running across town.
Busy Bee helps local short-term rental owners with guest-ready checks, turnover support, restocking, trash and recycling, vendor access, and photo recaps so the property is ready before the next guest arrives. Task layer only.
Guest-Ready Check
$49 to $75 / visit
Second set of eyes after your cleaner. Walk-through, supply check, linens visual, trash and recycling, thermostat and lights, obvious-issue photos, owner recap.
Post-Clean Inspection
$75 to $95 / visit
Same as Guest-Ready Check, longer scope. For owners who want a tighter pre-arrival pass and a written readiness report before each booking.
Turnover Reset Support
$125 to $225+ / turnover
Light reset after guest departure: restocking, linens and towels as scoped, kitchen and bathroom readiness, trash and recycling, photo recap, obvious damage report.
Restock Run
$75+ plus supplies
Owner-approved consumables run: paper goods, soap, coffee, trash bags, guest essentials, cleaning supplies. Receipts back to you the same day.
Monthly STR Restock Plan
$99 to $249 / month
Recurring restock cadence against your inventory list. Monthly recap. Supplies billed at receipt cost.
Owner Away Support
$199 to $499 / month
Weekly visual check between bookings, pre-arrival guest-ready pass, supply check, vendor access, photo recap, package and mail check if needed.
New Listing / Guest-Ready Setup
$495 to $1,500+
Practical readiness for a new host: supply setup, linen and towel organization, guest closet, kitchen inventory, bathroom restock system, turnover checklist, vendor sheet.
Larger homes and multi-unit hosts priced by scope. Wendy confirms the exact number in writing before any turnover.
What's in a turnover reset
- Light reset after guest departure
- Restocking owner-approved supplies
- Linens and towels as scoped
- Kitchen and bathroom readiness check
- Trash and recycling out
- Photo recap and obvious damage report
What's in a guest-ready check
- Walk-through after your cleaner
- Supply and consumables check
- Towel and linen visual check
- Thermostat, lights, blinds set
- Obvious-issue photos to owner
- Same-day written recap
Where the line is
Busy Bee provides physical task support and guest-ready checks for short-term rentals. Busy Bee is not a licensed property manager.
- Managing rental listings
- Setting nightly rates
- Collecting rent or deposits
- Negotiating bookings
- Handling rental or lease agreements
- Advertising the rental
- Acting as a licensed property manager
- Full guest dispute management
Busy Bee Home Watch.
Leave town with the home on a simple recurring watch schedule. Three tiers, written scope, photo or text recap after every visit.
Home Watch Light
$199 / month
Short trips, simple needs.
- 1 visit per week
- Mail and packages
- Visual exterior + interior walk
- Photo or text recap
Home Watch Standard
$349 / month
Snowbirds and frequent travelers.
- 2 visits per week
- Mail, packages, plants
- Lights and visible-issue check
- Pre-approved vendor access
Home Watch Premium
$499 / month
Second homes, longer absences.
- 3 visits per week
- All Standard items
- Storm or freeze check on request
- Return-home grocery stock (extra)
Important Home Watch disclaimer
Busy Bee provides visual home check visits for obvious issues. Busy Bee does not guarantee prevention, detection, repair, security, or protection from damage, theft, weather events, system failures, or emergencies.
What a Reset Day looks like
- Pantry reset, expired food out, simple system back in
- Kitchen reset and surface clean
- Closet or linen organizing
- Donation run handled the same day
- Seasonal prep and "company is coming" cleanup
Not deep cleaning. Not heavy lifting. Light reset and practical execution.
Home Reset Day. $295 to $745.
Give Wendy the list. Get a focused block of practical household execution. Half-day is two areas. Full-day is the whole backlog. The room you've been avoiding gets handled in one shot.
Half-Day Reset
$295 to $395
~4 hours, 1 to 2 focus areas
Full-Day Reset
$545 to $745
~7 hours, multiple areas
Book a free 10-minute fit call.
Tell Wendy what's on your list. She'll confirm whether Busy Bee is the right fit, quote the first visit, and recommend a plan (or honestly point you somewhere else). No charge. No pitch. No pressure.
- Straight answer on fit and price
- Recommended cadence (one-time, weekly, home watch)
- Scope confirmed in writing before any work starts
Bigger project (Home Reset planning, multi-area recurring plan, property task setup)? Wendy may recommend the $99 In-Home Audit instead. She'll tell you on the fit call.
What we'll cover on the call
- 1. The two or three things eating your week.
- 2. Which offer (one-time, weekly, home watch, reset) fits.
- 3. A clear starting price, no hourly fog.
- 4. Next step: book a first visit or hold off — your call.
"The household machine needs an operator. That's the job."
— Wendy Norton, Busy Bee
From supply chain to household operations.
For more than a decade, Wendy ran supply chain and logistics in Kankakee County, most recently as Supply Chain & Materials Lead at Rainbow Agro through October 2025. The job was simple to describe, hard to do: get the right thing to the right place at the right time. Every day. No excuses.
Off the clock, the same pattern kept showing up. Households running behind. Families burning weekends on errands. Vacant homes nobody was watching. The work wasn't complicated. There was just nobody reliable to call.
So she built Busy Bee. Same operating discipline, pointed at the household tasks Kankakee County families actually need handled.
- Kankakee County local, 10+ years in supply chain and operations
- Trained to get the right thing to the right place at the right time
- Warm and respectful in private homes
- Clear scope, written quote, no surprises
- References available on request
You've got options. Most of them aren't great.
Here's how a real household operator stacks up against DIY or rolling the dice on an app.
Routed around Kankakee County.
Busy Bee runs a tight local route on purpose. The model only works when Wendy isn't burning the week in the car. Core zone is standard pricing. Extended zone adds a small travel fee. Far zone requires a half-day minimum or a recurring plan.
Core zone · standard pricing
- Kankakee
- Bradley
- Bourbonnais
- Manteno
Extended zone · small travel fee
- Momence
- Aroma Park
- Limestone
- St. Anne
- Herscher
- Chebanse
- Grant Park
- + nearby communities by request
Kankakee County, IL
30 to 60 minute service radius
Straight numbers. Written scope. No vague meter.
Starting prices below. Wendy confirms the exact number in writing before any work starts. No surprise add-ons.
- Minimum visit$95
- Weekly Home Relief$499 to $599 / month
- Half-day resetStarting at $295
- Full-day resetStarting at $545
- Home Watch$199 to $499 / month
- STR guest-ready checkStarting at $49
- STR turnover reset$125 to $225+
- STR monthly restock plan$99 to $249 / month
- Same-day priority fee+$35
Travel and zones
Core zone (Kankakee, Bradley, Bourbonnais, Manteno): standard pricing, no travel fee.
Extended zone: flat $25 travel fee per visit.
Far zone: half-day minimum booking or a recurring plan, so the route makes sense.
Same-day priority
Need it today? Add $35 to the visit price for same-day priority scheduling, subject to availability. Weekly Home Relief members get priority over non-members at no extra charge.
Cancellation policy
24+ hours notice: no fee, easy reschedule.
Less than 24 hours: 50% of the visit price.
No-show or locked-out visit: full visit price.
Monthly plans are month-to-month. Pause for travel, cancel any time, no fees.
Purchase reimbursement
Clients reimburse purchases at receipt cost. Wendy texts receipts the same day.
Under $50: Wendy fronts it and adds it to the visit invoice.
Over $50: card on file or payment app confirmed before the run.
What Busy Bee does. And what it doesn't.
Busy Bee is a household operations service, not a care company. The line is bright on purpose.
Busy Bee does
- Errands
- Grocery pickup
- Returns
- Mail and package handling
- Light cleaning
- Organizing
- Home checks
- Vacation checks
- Plant watering
- Donation runs
- Vendor access coordination
- Written task recaps
Busy Bee does not
- Medical care
- Personal care
- Medication help or reminders
- Bathing, dressing, toileting, feeding, transferring
- Companion care
- Safety monitoring
- Emergency response
- Heavy lifting
- Deep cleaning unless specially quoted
- Regulated home services
Who Busy Bee works alongside.
Busy Bee helps local homeowners and families with practical household tasks: errands, light resets, organizing, home checks, mail and packages, and recurring home relief. Busy Bee is not a care provider or medical service. It's the trusted local task and household operations helper for people who need practical things handled.
If you're a local pro who runs into clients who need this kind of help, send them over. Wendy will tell them straight if it's a fit.
Become a Referral Partner- Realtors
- Property managers
- Estate attorneys
- Home organizers
- Cleaning companies
- Handymen
- Landscapers
- Financial advisors
- Insurance agents
- Churches
- Local business owners
- Snowbird-heavy neighborhoods
The Busy Bee Household Relief Checklist.
The exact 25-item list Wendy uses to find the household tasks eating your week. Run it yourself, or send it to Wendy and have her handle the top five.
- 25 commonly-skipped household tasks
- Cadence recommendation for each
- Use it to scope your free fit call
Tell Wendy what's on your list. Get it off your plate this week.
Takes about 60 seconds. Wendy reads every request herself and replies personally, usually the same day.
If the scope isn't a fit, she'll say so up front. No pressure, no pushy follow-ups, no charge for the conversation.
No fake reviews. Just a straight promise.
Instead of inventing testimonials, here's exactly how Wendy operates on every job.
She shows up on time
Or she calls before she's late. Every visit.
Scope and price in writing
Confirmed before she starts. No mid-job surprises.
Updates while she works
Friendly check-ins so you're never wondering.
Written recap after every visit
Text or photo recap so the household stays on the rails.
Real references on request
Honest local references, not stock-photo reviews.
Insurance and bonding in progress
Happy to talk through your comfort level before any job.
The questions people ask before they say yes.
Your time is the asset. Stop spending it on the list.
Book a free 10-minute fit call. Get a clear plan and a straight price. Hand the household machine to an operator who runs it.