Unknown feature on arial image

[Kevo_DFX]

The below image is from a 1939 arial image. This is on land that has been used from the mid 18th century. What are the dotted lines in the field?

Thanks,
Kevo

 

[Mackaydon]

Grave markers?
What is there now?
What is the scale of this pic (height of camera above the land)?

 

[Kevo_DFX]

If they are, then I probably would not want to eat the corn and soybean that grow there now!

It's just a farmers field now. I don't know if they would move a cemetery just to have a little more field space?

Kevo

 

[Kevo_DFX]

Scale is 1/20000

 

[Mackaydon]

Honey farm; beehive boxes?

 

[Kevo_DFX]

I'll bet you that is exactly what they are Mackaydon. The farmer mentioned something about beehive boxes on the property. I'll bet you they just moved some of the dang things.

Well, someone had to tend the bees. Might as well give it a sweep or three.

Thanks MacKaydon.

 

[Shortstack]

Those are some big dang "bee boxes". Compare the size of the spots with the width of that road.

 

[Kevo_DFX]

That road is a one rut track barely big enough for a normal size car. We call them tractor paths? Do you still think the bee boxes are too big?

 

[Shortstack]

Yes, I do.

 

[Kevo_DFX]

Any ideas?

 

[Tuberale]

Working on the hive hypothesis: what were the fields nearby? Any clover being grown in 1939? Lots of clover right now near me, and bees are nearly a requirement for obtaining a good seed crop. I'd suspect soybeans would need lots of pollination as well. What crops are generally cultivated there?

Also in the photo I can see, only a portion of the photo area is shown. If hives, they seem rather crowded, to me, unless they were in a clover field at the time. Crimson clover can reach 40 inches, and requires that kind of heavy-duty bee assistance. Honey production from such a site would be phenomenal as well.

 

[Mackaydon]

I'm sticking with beehive boxes.
And, yes, to the one lane tractor path; and yes, to the foot path that is visible between the rows of beehive boxes.
Don.....

 

[Tuberale]

Spend most of your time at those 2 trees located at either end of the field: one of those locations had to be the origin of where the path began and the other, the end. I'd bet on the lower tree being the most congenial spot to park to tend the hives.

 

[uthunter]

If they were white bee hive boxes, then they might show up a bit bigger in the photo depending on the resolution. Also, the photo is at an angle, so the boxes would appear bigger. In 1939, the aerial cameras were not that good, and the resolution was quite poor.

 

[ocean man]

Lighting for alien spaceships! LOL

 

[ohioaxeman]

Could they be tree stumps? They follow the lines of the other trees and the contour of the land!