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A winter cluster holds about 35 Celsius in the middle with the queen inside. The figure is taken from Britannica, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.

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Bees warm the hive by shivering their flight muscles

A winter cluster holds about 35 Celsius in the middle with the queen inside Workers on the edge of the cluster act as a blanket while those inside vibrate their muscles without moving their wings. The colony eats stored honey to fuel the heat. On mild days the cluster loosens and bees make short cleansing flights. It sits in Mondo's animals collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: A winter cluster holds about 35 Celsius in the middle with the queen inside. The figure is taken from Britannica, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a animals fact?: Yes. It sits on the Animals shelf, one of 2,600 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.