Buzz (enemy)

Buzzes are bee-like robots in Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! and Donkey Kong Land 3. They, for the most part, replaced the wasp enemies, Zingers, from the first coupe games in the Donkey Kong Country and Donkey Kong Land series.

They are very common in Donkey Kong Country 3, usually posing as irritating obstacles. Green Buzzes can be defeated by a thrown Barrel or by a certain Animal Buddy, but the tougher red Buzzes can only be defeated by a TNT Barrel or an Invincibility Barrel. Buzzes are robotic; their legs are metal and they have a buzzsaw in their abdomen. However, their bodies seem to be organic, as do their wings.

Trivia

 * Their name is a play on words of the onomatopoeia 'buzz', representing the sound that bees make when they fly, and the 'buzz'-saw in their abdomens.
 * Although Buzzes are colored pink in official art, there are no Buzzes in-game with that color.
 * Buzzes may have inspired the Mecha-Zingers seen in Frantic Factory, in the game Donkey Kong 64.