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Warm-blooded animals such as the Arctic fox (Alopex lagopus) can use nonshivering thermogenesis, the production of heat through metabolic processes, to maintain body temperature in cold climates. In the brood season honeybees (Apis mellifera) maintain hive temperatures at 35–36 °C (95–97 °F) by behavioral means such as wing beating to circulate air.

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Warm-blooded animals such as the Arctic fox (Alopex lagopus) can use nonshivering thermogenesis, the production of heat through metabolic processes, to maintain body temperature in cold climates.
In the brood season honeybees (Apis mellifera) maintain hive temperatures at 35–36 °C (95–97 °F) by behavioral means such as wing beating to circulate air.
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