Attack of the Bean Beetles

This is a photo of common beans, Phaseolus vulgaris. This is the type of bean that makes green beans or pinto/navy beans when dry. When grown without any sort of human intervention, this is the result. Bean beetles make swiss cheese out of the leaves. Yes, I know that the organic farmer can use floating row cover or a few select sprays to keep the bugs away. But what I am looking for are crops with a good deal of 'resiliency'. Crops that tolerate the diseases and insects of this place with little to no attention from me - the farmer. So instead of common beans, I prefer to grow the following types of beans in the summer: summer peas (aka southern peas, cowpeas, black eyed peas), soybeans (hairy leaved types only - smooth leaf types suffer excessive bean beetle damage), lima beans and peanuts.