I burn wood in a air tight stove. Using cherry wood in the last couple years, there were always tiny little bugs flying around. Don't know if they were fruity flies or what but generally an annoyance around your face.

Today, I just has a 1-1/2 cords of oak delivered which will air dry till next November or December when it will be used. It is in a pile on concrete now and will be stacked in the rack over the next week.

Looking at the pile, there seem to be a lot of ants, (big black ones, not sure if they are carpenter or not)

Is there some general purpose insecticide I can spray the whole pile with? I don't want bugs in the house, especially if they are carpenters. Would spraying / soaking the pile with Sevin do any good?