Bee (Burma)
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Toluca Zoo in Mexico

Bee (Burma) was born wild .

Tony Gentry received Burma in 1953. He would eventually present three elephants. Burma and Gypsy were sold in 1961 to Bob Snowden of Acme Circus Corporation, later heading to Clyde Beatty - Cole Brothers Circus. Rex Williams immediately changed their names to Bee and Gyp. The two elephants would remain together upon their sale to Africam Safari in Mexico in 1974. Bee would later be sold to the Toluca Zoo in 1980.

It is said Bee had killed at least 2 people.

There were two enclosures for Asian elephants. In one was a pair, Ted, a tusked bull about 50 years old, and Bee, a female of about 60; in the other was a lone Tuskless bull, Ramos, about 50 years old. All three were donations from a Mexican circus, and had narrowly escaped being destroyed because they killed their trainer and another person. (I am not sure that the ages given above are correct, but that is what I was told.)
International Zoo News Vol. 47/1 (No. 298) January/February 2000

References

Sources used for this article is among others:

• Manlio MVZ Subdiaz Nucamendi
• Ryan Easley, USA
• Bob Cline, Cheraw, South Carolina, United States. Autor of the book Americas elephants
• Confisca Profepa animales a zoológico de Zacango, 2006-08-21
• Bee & Gyp Africam Mexico #1 (From Robert Cox), Buckles Web Log, 2007-10-02
• Joe Metcalf #6, Buckles Web Log, 2008-05-27
• http://www.noticiasdetoluca.com.mx/wordpress/index.php/2010/04/29/murio-la-elefanta-bee-del-zoologico-zacango/

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• elephant mankillers, elephants that has killed humans. List of elephant mankillers
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• The elephant database startpage. Statistics
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