Army restores termite-eaten historic Oahu building
Hawaii News Now
Termites ate most of the building's internal structure. But the Army wasn't allowed to demolish the building because of historic preservation requirements. ...

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After more than 1,700 hours of hard work, a historic train caboose that once graced a Terre Haute city park has received a much-needed facelift. The mostly-wooden caboose, built in 1903, was “about to fall over” two years ago when work began to bring it back to life, said Jesse Fox, a sophomore at Terre Haute South Vigo High School who organized the restoration project.

Budget woes continue to hound the judiciary and Malacanang’s proposed appropriation for its co-equal branch for 2011 appear not to offer any solution.

Judiciary's budget woes continue, 2011 budget offers no solution
Inquirer.net
"The walls in the Cagayan de Oro Hall of Justice are only up because of the termites," Marquez said. He added the renovation for this particular building ...

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A tribute to the labors of colony insects
Chicago Daily Herald
Highly organized workers such as these are found among bees, wasps, and termites as well as ants. These represent eusocial organisms, groups of individuals ...

CLEVELAND, Tenn. — A deteriorating 1820s-era cabin on property once owned by Cherokee Chief John Ross may be taken apart for rebuilding.

The brown bugs, each about half the size of a pencil eraser, lie in glass petri dishes - a few on their backs, legs in the air. They died within seconds of scurrying across a piece of paper containing drops of a chemical.The next step is to find out whether that same piece of paper will kill inse... United States - Warfare and Conflict - New York City - Bedbug - Shopping

Biting back when the bedbugs bite
Washington Post
Unlike many other household pests - ants, termites and cockroaches - bedbugs can live for months without a meal, hidden deep in mattress seams, box springs, ...

Larry Jumper says work to rebuild island nation is frustrating yet rewarding.

HONOLULU (AP) - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has completed a $7 million, two-year-long restoration of a termite-eaten historic Fort Shafter building.

Operation Kadivuka showing success
Fiji Broadcasting Corporation Ltd
Commissioner Western Commander Joeli Cawaki says the steps taken by operation Kadivuka to eradicate termites in Lautoka are showing success. ...

Most days, the atmosphere inside the DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum is like that of any other art museum — pretty serene and quiet.

Daily Press
Bugs are the big draw in new CW museum tour
Daily Press
"Termites!" several reply, giggling and raising their voices in excitement. But termites are just one player in the cast of small but destructive pests that ...

Whether to assume stewardship of a centenarian house is a decision many home buyers face. That’s because there are a lot of centenarian houses out there. North Jersey has more than 10,000 houses constructed 100 or more years ago.

100-year-old houses abound in North Jersey
NorthJersey.com
And no discussion of the potential pitfalls of owning an old house is complete without the dreaded 'T' word: termites. The longer a house has been standing, ...

Last year, someone doused a 2-year-old female pit bull with gasoline and set her on fire. According to a report in The New York Times, a policewoman "ran past idle onlookers" to douse the blaze.

Nashville Scene
Flamtastic Ejections at the Rymer Gallery
Nashville Scene
... artist observes that “they are informed from electron microscope images, aerial photography and insect colonies such as termites, worms and ants. ...

Is my house worth less because it is made out of wood rather than bricks.

Use of bedbug-sniffing dogs is growing in South Florida
Sun-Sentinel
Peruyero trains dogs to uncover everything from drugs to cancer by smell, with Angel being one of about 90 J&K graduates focusing on bedbugs or termites. ...

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TERMITES have infested SRK Chung Ung, a rural school in the Dudong state constituency in Sibu, and are currently threatening the school’s existence.