Portrait Of A Pine Cone. Leitz Elmar 135mm

A humble offering today.  I'm confused by our pine tree's reproductive mechanism.  Previously, I Blipped the male pollen pods, and in late August last year, the tightly closed pine cones.  In order for the seeds contained in the cone to be fertilized by the pollen, the cone must be open, surely.  So are the cones from late summer a new crop which have not yet matured?