French Beans - Pruning the Leaves?

I have grown a number of French Bean plants this year in pots. The plants are doing very well, does it benefit if some of the leaves are removed because the plants are covered heavily with leaves which are hiding the beans?

 

Hi Jazzy, I wouldn't take any leaves off your beans as they produce the energy/food the plant needs....you can take off tatty leaves that are going brown on the bottom of Tomato plants.