I've been thinking... make sure that your plant isn't Jerusalem Cherry which is mildly toxic (worse for children), round fruit, sweet tasting and typically orange rather than bright red. It's found wild (although not native) throughout southeast Texas. Yours looks very similar to pix on internet except the leaves don't seem to have those 2 smaller leaves at the base of the largest. Google Solanum pseudocapsicum for information. Supposedly Cardinals eat them.
Re: Bees foraging. According to the Beekeepers' Booth at the Houston Livestock and Rodeo Show: "Bees always prefer it when they find flowers close to the hive. However, bees will forage as far away from the hive as one to five miles."
