Is it safe to eat small black house ants?

I know some ants are edible, but I don't think they all. Which kind of ants are they?

When you eat ants, you also eat whatever they have on their feet. Where have they been?

If an ant has just eaten a whole bunch of poison from a neighbor's ant trap, you probably shouldn't be eating the ant either What have they eaten?

One ant is fine, but if you're planning to eat a whole bunch, you should have a pretty good answer for the answers above.

I suppose cooking the could also help in certain circumstances.