Spiders on Guard

Is it me, or are there a lot more spiders and webs everywhere in the garden this year?
I`ve just been out to pick some runner beans in my garden and the spiders seem to be on guard, they must know I don`t like them, they`ve got webs at all angles from bush to bush surrounding the beans which are in the middle. I know its very clever how they spin them, and the strength of the way they stand up to all the rain and heavy winds for something so apparently delicate is amazing, and when you see the sun shining on dew on them they are real works or art, But, why oh why, can`t they spin them somewhere else, so that I can get my beans?!