I have no experience with honey bees and grapes, however, Frank pellet
devotes a couple of pages to the subject in "American Honey Plants".   To
paraphrase from that source:  If grapes are damaged by some other source,
such as birds, wasps or skin splitting from too much moisture, and if there
is a nectar dearth, honey bees may feed on grape juice and are capable of
sucking the grapes dry.  There really is no damage to the grape grower,
since the grapes were already damaged and the bees then simply took
advantage of the situation. There may be some damage to the beekeeper since
bees do not overwinter well on grape juice.

Keith Copi

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