A Web Of Intrigue

[Chipchopper]

I was chilling out in the garden yesterday evening, when I saw a honey bee accidentally fly into a spiders web.
The spider, which was just a tad smaller than the bee, took one look at what was in its trap, turned around and ran off as fast as its eight legs would carry it.
After a couple of minutes the bee freed itself from the web and carried on with its business.
It set me thinking, is there any kind of arachnid that could handle a venomous bee or wasp in the UK ?

[woofgang]

judging from the web contents, the medium sized spiders in my potting shed certainly can

[melv16]

I've seen a large house spider take on a wasp and win. I've also seen a wasp kill a honey bee, dismember it and take it back to its nest.

[Chipchopper]

Some of those spider larders, you see in sheds can look creepy and macabre.

A further bit of research (on the web) told me that garden spiders will also kill and eat wasps.

[Gizmonster]

Reminds me of a time when I saw a bee become entangled in a web and a spider came charging out of its corner .... it soon beat a hasty retreat when it saw what was there .... it was quite funny to watch.
The bee also escaped :)