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7 March 2018
Masons, Cheddington LIG 7009
ex Yorkshire Woollen 53 and Arriva Shires 4353 as M53MWW and Roselyn, Par.
Scania K113CRB/VanHool Alizee
A4251 London Road south of Tring, near Newground Road.
I purchased my first, solitary, bee hotel in the spring of 2018. It was quickly discovered by Mason and Leafcutter bees and by the end of the first summer, I had almost "full occupancy." The bee hotel was placed on a shelf in the garage for the winter to protect the developing larvae from sub-zero temperatures. The following spring, it was placed back on the front porch in the same location near the garden where the bees forage. Unlike, honey bees, solitary bees only travel a few hundred feet from where they emerge. I added a second bee hotel during the early summer of 2019 and both hotels had nearly "full occupancy" by the end of the summer of 2019 and again in 2020. It has been amazing to observe the female bees go back and forth from the garden collecting pollen, cutting bits of plant material or gathering mud, then returning to the bee hotel to begin the egg laying process. Once they choose a “nesting tube” they crawl to the far end to begin. The female bee places her provisions, pollen with some sticky nectar that she rolls into a ball, then lays a single egg on the top. Next, she seals the egg into a “cell” with mud or leaf material (depending on which species she is) and repeats this process until the tube is filled the whole way to the front. One female solitary bee can lay about 5-15 eggs depending on the length of the tube. Once the eggs hatch, the larvae feed on the provisions, then form cocoons, and don’t emerge until the following spring. Each year, I would bring the bee hotels out from winter storage, but missed their emergence in 2019 and 2020. However, on March 31, 2021, our first really warm day, I happened to look out the kitchen window, which faces the porch and noticed a swarm of small bees flying around the bee hotels, the porch and even resting on the aluminum siding of the house. They were warming themselves in the sun! I was able to determine that these were all Mason Bees because the bees that were emerging were all breaking through the tubes that were sealed with mud. I observed the male Mason bees fly back to the nesting holes to check on whether the female bees were emerging. The males could apparently detect where the females were and would remain on the bee hotel, to attempt mating as soon as a female came out or would even enter the tube to mate before she emerged. At times, several male bees would pile onto the female, fighting to mate with her, often falling to the ground. As each new bee made its way to the opening of a tube, their tiny faces could be seen peering out from the tubes. Each emerging bee would cautiously come to the edge, clean their antennae with their feet, quiver for a moment, then take their first flight! Since the weather has turned cold again and there aren't many flowers yet, the bees are staying inside. On the intermittent warm days, they emerge to work on cleaning out the tubes, as evidenced by bits of dried mud all over the porch, just below the bee hotels!
As of the time of this posting, the Leafcutter Bees have not emerged, as the holes are still sealed with the plant materials used. This photo series was taken over two hours and is only a small portion of the total number taken of the amazing event.
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my friend Mason is a piercer at Atomic in Tampa and needed some business card shots. we got we needed to on this walk way but not what we wanted to get due to the rain. #florida life
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5d mrk ii
35mm f1.4 usm L
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This is Baby Mason. He was born about a month early so his lungs were "wet" so he has the feeding tubes in and is in NICU. Other than this is healthy and should be fine and be able to go home in the next week.
Mason Wasp (Euodynerus pratensis).
Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge.
Grayson County, Texas. 20 May 2020.
Nikon D500. Nikkor AF-S 300mm f/4E ED PF VR + TC-14e III teleconverter.
(420mm) f/7.1 @ 1/800 sec. ISO 2500.
Mason Verger as he appears on the TV show, Hannibal. Played by Michael Pitt. Here is the malevolent Mason Verger in all of his glory! (and with all of his face!) I just had this idea and knowing Julius No and his love for Hannibal, I knew I had to get this up before he could! The OTHER version of Mr. Verger will be up shortly, comment if you favorite. :)
Male of Megachile (Chalicodoma) parietina.
Technique: After photographing this mason bee in my lavender I turned it loose in a plant on my patio while I went to have lunch. Evidently the little guy got active and had lunch as well, because this is how I found him later on that same afternoon. This is a single, uncropped, frame taken hand held. I used an artificial flower to keep the background from being black.
Tech Specs: Canon 80D (F11, 1/250, ISO 100) + a Canon MP-E 65mm macro lens (around 5x) + a diffused MT-24EX (both flash heads on the Canon flash mount, E-TTL metering).
This is an old mason jar used as a lampshade. The lampshade is covered with different kind of vintage feedsack fabrics.
I have filled the jar with lots of vintage buttons.
At the end of January Mason Lake is usually under several feet of snow. This year the lake is covered with a thin layer of ice and the basin itself has only a few patches of snow in the shadows.
The Old Mason Lake Trail sometimes travels near Mason Creek. The creek dances down the mountainside on boulders and logs.
Osima bicornis. We had a window replaced in the attic and the whole of the top length and much of the sides were packed with old red Mason bee cells. This shows a small fraction of the nest. I think there are some old fly cases there, too.
IATR 51 and 60 were working the CP interchange in Mason City on this humid summer morning. Really nice people on this railroad, always friendly.
I thinking that this beautiful little bee is a female Osmia caerulescens; the Blue Mason Bee. I've not encountered this species before, but the size (noticeably smaller than the Red Mason Bee) and shape look right and there is a slight but definite, blue iridescence. The scopal (pollen-collecting) hairs under the abdomen although out-of-focus, look dark too.
This beautiful scene on Mason Lake was hidden from the road by some thick woods and a few natural campsites. The hour before dusk is my favorite time of day, and anytime I am in the Adirondacks during this time of day I am either shooting or dreaming about shooting while driving home, peering at all the images I could be getting if I wasn't running late getting home. I smelled this one out; I knew something good had to be behind those woods. We parked roadside and hiked about 30 feet in to this extraordinary scene.
I thought I should share this photo of Mason and his stepmother, Stacy.
She is a sweetie and here she's teasing Mason about him getting so tall, taller than her!
I shot these yesterday when Stacy came over to pick Mason up for the weekend.
She's been part of the family since 2001 :)
since Mason was 5. He's 13 now. (yes I can do some math, lol)
They are so cute together. She also has a son the same age as Mason. They were born a day apart (or is it two days?) I can't remember. We all get along so good...I really think we're a great example of how families can get along with each other after a divorce. It starts with kindness and respect, and always think about the children first.
Happy Father's Day
Metallic blue mason bee, an Osmia species, on a mescal bean leaf (Sophora secundiflora) at Zilker Botanical Garden, Austin.
I took me a while to figure out which species of wasp this was. I finally figured out that it is Euodynerus hidalgo, a type of mason wasp.
Me tardó bastante tiempo tratar de averigüar qué especie esta avispa era. Finalmente descubrí que es Euodynerus hidalgo, un tipo de avispa albañil.
Coaches seen at the Farnborough Airshow in July 2018 included Masons of Cheddington Scania K124IB4 / Van Hool Alizee C48FT W20DGE. This coach was new to Lodge of High Easter in 2000.
*Explore/Interestingness*
my son mason (now in college) planted this tulip tree in our backyard when he was 8 years old.
this tree is beautiful in all seasons.
today is the first time i photographed it covered in ice.
Who knew you could make such cool things from metal clothes hangers? www.postroadvintage.com/2011/03/throwing-garden-party-pos...
My grandson's christening was a grand affair. Sian and Jim have so many friends that we had an amazing celebration. This is the start of the church ceremony.
Sassal Mason, to be pristine shepherds huts, now arranged for touristic purpose. behind are the glaciers of Piz Palü. August 2nd, 2011.
ISO 200 - f/9.0 - 50mm - .6 sec - Canon T1i - Tamron 17-50mm f/2.8
I was gone last week at Mason Lake for a team retreat. It was an intense time of planning, vision casting, brainstorming, and team relationship building. Very tiring but very good. This shot was taken from the balcony of the home we used for our retreat. The clouds were stunning purpleish pink just after the sun had set.
Actually the owner is a mason... quite disturbing.
I'm very happy to see a car like this one in Bordeaux... I think I won't see Aventadors here until 2 or 3 years, only if I'm lucky :D