The termites from nanobots use poison cloud logic, which can hit other things that are close to trees. The short term solution is to just add 100% poison resistance to your machines (if it is possible, I think it is).
A more formal solution will have to wait for .17 or me to get more time to figure out better options.
Thanks Nexela, I didn't even think of that solution. I simply backed the trees off a little bit by increasing the area of trees that is cleared a little, which I was hoping would reduce the damage enough that they might not be destroyed, but I like your solution better.
One other question Nexela, how did you stumble across this reference to you? Do you somehow get notified when your name is used? I kinda wish there was a way to get notified about mod portal discussion updates. I haven't put a contact in the info.json, maybe that does it?