Of interest in the article is this:

> flooded fire ants deliver higher doses of venom because they have 165 percent as much venom inside them as normal fire ants

Growing up in rural Texas I can assure you that fire ants were never to be messed with (unless you had fire/gasoline).

I got stung once 3 or 4 times on my ankle, which was swollen for about 3 days. The bites were hug. The oozed a milky liquid. We doused them in calamine lotion, but it still didn't stop something like arthritis from hurting.

Having been stung by wasps and bees, I find those preferable to fire ant stings. I couldn't imagine getting stung by something over 50% worse.