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{{Taxobox | color = pink
| name = ''Colletes''
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| phylum = [[Arthropod]]a
| classis = [[Insect]]a
| ordo = [[Hymenoptera]]
| subordo = [[Apocrita]]
| familia = [[Colletidae]]
| subfamilia = [[Colletinae]]
| genus = '''''Colletes'''''
| genus_authority = [[Pierre André Latreille|Latreille]], 1802&nbsp;<ref>{{ITIS|ID=634074|taxon=''Colletes''}}</ref>
| subdivision_ranks = 
| subdivision = 
}}

'''Colletes''' is a genus of ground-nesting bees within the [[bee]] family [[Colletidae]]. These bees tend to be solitary, though sometimes nest close together in so-called ''aggregations''. <ref> Dr. John B. Pascarella, [http://chiron.valdosta.edu/jbpascar/floridabees/colletes.htm The Bees of Florida] retrieved 13 September, 2007</ref>

==See also==
*[[Northern Colletes]]

==References==
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[[Category:Bees]]
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