Originally Posted by
K Lucas
...The reason for my concern with the ants is as soon as I clean the dead ants up the next day I have the same problem. ...
If that's the case, then we are probably looking at an ant colony garbage dump/cemetery. I can't tell from the pictures, but it looks more like ant "parts" than whole ants. If that's the case, it may even be carpenter ants. For this part of your problem, I suggest calling an exterminator.