Celestial Bees – The Musche of the Sky Sources September 2007 (p. 3) - Celestial bees - Part Two: The bee of the northern sky http://www.actbeekeepers.asn.au/newsletters/nl_pdfs/September_2007.pdf August 2007 (p. 3-4) - Celestial bees - Part One: The bee of the southern sky http://www.actbeekeepers.asn.au/newsletters/nl_pdfs/August%202007.pdf http://www.ianridpath.com/startales/muscaborealis.htm This constellation, which lay just north of Aries, has a confusing history. It was introduced on a globe of 1612 by the Dutchman Petrus Plancius under the name Apes, the Bee. The German astronomer Jacob Bartsch changed the name to Vespa, the Wasp, on his map of 1624. Johannes Hevelius renamed it Musca on his Firmamentum Sobiescianum atlas of 1690. It later became known as Musca Borealis to distinguish it from the equivalent insect that already existed in the southern sky. Eventually, though, the northern fly was swatted by astronomers. To add to the confusion, the same stars were used in 1674 by the Frenchman Ignace-Gaston Pardies to form Lilium, the fleur-de- lis of France, but that was a very short-lived addition. http://www.bookrags.com/wiki/Musca_Borealis Musca Borealis (Latin for northern fly) was a constellation located between the constellations of Aries and Perseus. It was first described as such by Hevelius in his catalogue of 1690, to distinguish it from the southern fly, Musca Australis. However, the original name of this constellation was Apis (the Bee) in Plancius' catalogue, while Bartsch named it Vespa (the Wasp) in 1624. In 1679 Royer used these stars for his constellation Lilium (the Lily, representing the fleur-de-lis and in honour of his patron, king Louis XIV). It is no longer in use. The Southern Fly, Musca Australis is now simply known as Musca. September 2007 (p. 3) – Celestial bees – Part Two: The bee of the northern sky August 2007 (p. 3-4) – Celestial bees – Part One: The bee of the southern sky ß° ·• ·² Þ±¼»ù • ïèðï •¬¿ ® ¿¬´¿•ò ̸ » •±«¬¸»®² ¾»» ß°·• ¾»½¿³» ¬¸» °®»•»²¬ó¼¿ § ½±²•¬»´´¿¬·±² Ó«•½¿ ø½»²¬®»÷ò Ú®± ³ ݱ´´ ·²• Ù »³ Ò· ¹¸¬ ͵§ ¹«· ¼» ò .