Strawberries and bees... what do they have in common?

I thought the only common denominator was that the bees pollinated the flowers, until I found out that they were also responsible for burrowing little holes in the strawberries and ruining them!

Any tips on how to keep them away?

Kayaker, Are you absolutely sure that bees are responsible? Bees simply do not eat fruit. They are purely polinators.
What is more likely is that pill bugs are the real culprit. Pill bugs, as we know them down south, or sow bugs, as they are typically known up north, are just commonly known accross the US as roly-polys. You know what I'm talking about. We've all played with them as kids.
What none of us ever knew is that roly-polys are actually little critters that love to eat fresh fruit. And they hide very well. Do you have mulch under your strawberry plants? If so, they just love to hide there. Hide during the heat of the day and then come out at night for another snack.
See for yourself what I'm talking about. Just find a strawberry with a bullet hole in it, and then stir your finger around in the mulch or dirt just under the berry. Bet you will find a roly-poly sleeping off a belly full of strawberry.
As for how to keep them away, it depends upon whether or not you are dedicated to purely organic methods or chemical methods. Personally, I am not that rightious. I use a chemical killer.
Since my strawberry beds are grown in raised beds, I sprinke a liberal helping of a bug killer made by Ortho called "Home Defense Max". I sprinkle it around the outside of the bed as a perimeter killer. And it works quite well.
As for an organic 'fix-it', I have no clue. But again, If I were in your shoes I would focus on the roly-polys, and let the bees do what they do best.
Hope I can help.

Nope, these are actually bees, I've been seeing then chewing away much of the day. They are stuffing themselves with my raspberries as well!
I'd call them yellowjackets, the same kind you see 1n the Nasonex commercial.

You can buy yellow jacket traps

wow, Kay, Never heard of that kind of activity. Where is Alfred Hichcock when you need him? What kind of bees are they? Surely not your basic honey bee, or the big, fat black and yellow bumblebee?
Maybe our geographic difference is to blame. You suppose Ecrane might have a clue? Over the past 2 decades I have never witnessed any kind of flying bug that stopped by long enough to munch on any of my strawberries.
I would be very interested to know what the bottom line is re. your problem. Please, if you figure it out, post a comment. Thanks a lot. Sorry I could not be more helpful.

OK. Here is a pic of one bee feasting on a raspberry! And based on the bee id's, this IS a yellowjacket. ...but it's not the one in the Flonase commercial, which is a bumble bee.

...And apparently they do scavenge for carbohydrates/sugar late in the season.

Yellow jackets will eat all sorts of stuff that bees don't (they're actually wasps, not bees). I'd try the YJ traps if you want to keep them off the berries.