How We Got Started

In the beginning, there were crops and bugs.

DURING THE SPRING AND SUMMER OF 1986 HAMPTON COUNTY EXPERIENCED ONE OF THE WORST DROUGHTS EVER. FOR A FARMER, THE LACK OF ADEQUATE RAINFALL CAN SPELL DISASTER. ALTHOUGH IT SEEMS A STRANGE COMBINATION, AGRICULTURE AND PEST CONTROL FOLLOW CLOSELY.

Next there was pest education.

BECAUSE FREDDIE KNEW THAT ONE AMERICAN FARMER FEEDS 114 PEOPLE AS A RESULT OF MODERN PEST CONTROL, HE WAS AWARE OF THE NEED OF PEST CONTROL IN THE AVERAGE AMERICAN HOME, BUSINESS, AND INDUSTRY. USING HIS KNOWLEDGE OF PROPER CHEMICAL APPLICATIONS AND THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF PEOPLE IN THE AREA WHO TOLD HIM OF THE NEED IN THE COMMUNITY, HE WENT BACK TO SCHOOL, STUDIED AND PASSED ALL THE REQUIRED TESTS TO BE LICENSED AND CERTIFIED BY CLEMSON UNIVERSITY.

Then there was the name game.

ORIGINALLY FREDDIE WANTED TO NAME THE BUSINESS "MIXON PEST CONTROL", BUT HIS WIFE, CATHY, CONVINCED HIM THAT A BETTER NAME WAS NEEDED. SHE WAS LEFT WITH THE TASK OF FINDING THAT NAME. AT THE TIME, FREDDIE WAS ORDERING THE NEEDED EQUIPMENT AND HE HAPPENED TO BE LOOKING AT THE CROP DUSTERS. RHYMING WITH "DUSTERS" IS "BUSTERS". THUS THE NAME BUG BUSTERS EVOLVED. THE BUSINESS WAS INCORPORATED DECEMBER 15, 1986.

After that, there was growth and expansion.

WHILE WE CONTINUED TO FARM UNTIL 1993, WE WERE GROWING THE PEST CONTROL BUSINESS. WE STARTED WITH THE HELP OF GREG MIXSON, ALSO LICENSED AND CERTIFIED BY CLEMSON UNIVERSITY, WHO WORKED WITH US ON THE FARM. WE HAVE CONTINUED TO GROW AND ADD STAFF. IN 2001, JEFF HOLLAND, OUR SON-IN-LAW JOINED THE STAFF. HE IS A BIOLOGIST, A GRADUATE OF THE COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON, PRINGING THAT ADDED EXPERTISE TO US.WITH THE ADDITION OF JEFF, WE ARE NOW A SECOND-GENERATION PEST CONTROL COMPANY. IN 2003 WE MOVED INTO A NEW FACILITY LOCATED ON U S HWY 278 GIVING OUR CUSTOMERS THE CONVENIENCE OF A FACILITY EASILY ACCESSED. TODAY THERE ARE SEVEN FULL-TIME STAFFERS WORKING TO SERVE THE NEEDS OF A SIX-COUNTY AREA WITH HAMPTON COUNTY BEING THE HUB OF OUR OPERATION.

Now there is recognition and achievement.

BUG BUSTERS, INC., IS A MEMBER OF THE LOCAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, THE SOUTH CAROLINA PEST CONTROL ASSOCIATION, AND THE NATIONAL PEST MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION. FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS WE HAVE BEEN VOTED "BEST PEST CONTROL" IN HAMPTON COUNTY.

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