What was their strategery? ;^>
I moved from Oklahoma to Georgia a couple of years ago. Had never seen a fire ant up to that point. I was amazed at their size; they aren't much larger than the little brown ants that invade the kitchen looking for sugar. But their sting is more like the big red ants that were common in Oklahoma. Or think "wasp" in magnitude of pain.
Anyway, I've spent this spring trying to discourage the darned things. Poison a bed, and they'll just move a few feet and start another. And if you poke a stick into a bed, thousands of the things will immediately emerge. If (as I have done) you turn the ant hill over, you see that the visible hill is just chock full of tunnels - and fire ants.
I hate the darned things.