Flash symbol in Flex

Following the instructions, I've been able to take a Flash
symbol/class, convert it to a Flex component, and import into Flex.
However, while the following code compiles without errors, nothing
shows up on the display. I'm sure I'm probably doing something
dumb, but I've searched and worked on this for several hours now
without luck. Thanks to anyone who can point me in the right
direction.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mx:ApolloApplication xmlns:mx="
http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
xmlns:bevy="*">
<bevy:RedCircle id="please"/>
</mx:ApolloApplication>

I think so. I think I have that all right. I'm declaring the
namespace in the original mx:ApolloApplication tag as you can see
in the code I pasted in my first post - is that sufficient? Flex
Builder prompted me for RCircle when I typed Bevy, so I'm pretty
sure it can see it and it compiles it just fine... just doesn't
show up when I run it.
Other information: the RCircle symbol was exported to AS and
associated with the RCircle class before it was exported to Flex.
The .swc, .swf, and .fla are all named FlComponents and are in the
same directory as the main project .mxml files. I also explicitly
imported the .swc into the project using
project->properties->... I'm using the eval version of
FlexBuilder upgraded to 2.01 if that matters.
Also, I can take the Hello World app and plug the bevy line
right into the middle of it and create a .air that runs fine -
except that it doesn't show my symbol.

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