Get yourself a clean five gallon bucket ... I get mine for free from McDonalds (Pickles come in them). Then get some granulated insect killer from Home Depot. Put a layer of poison in the bottom, then a layer of wood, then another layer of insecticide, another layer of wood, etc. and let the set-up sit outside in the sun for a day or two. No problem with the bugs afterwards. Most grocery stores have cake icing delivered to their bakery dept. in smaller sized buckets and they seem really glad to give the buckets awyway. Now, you can still pay $5.00 or so to Home Depot if you are of that mind set.
You can also make your own posion out of Dursban powder mixed with sawdust ... a little Dursban goes a long ways. Then add the wood, sunlight, time and still no more bug problem.
BTW, fire ants are a termites worst enemy ... your's too if they get on you! Hint, hint, hint! This is the ONLY good thing I can find about fire ants.
I like to cause these little critters a world of hurt since I rebuilt my folks house following an infestation several years ago. They caused me problems and I got my revenge and then some! :biggrin: