Josephine Mary’s career began in 2006 with 10 boxes of bees and earnings of about
Rs. 3,000 a month. Today, she owns a 2.5-acre bee farm that produces up to 500 kg of honey and earns more than Rs 1 lakh a month.
A housewife from Vadipatti in Madurai, Josephine was married in her teens. Wanting to carve a niche for herself and encouraged by her husband, she did a post-graduation in history but finally chose to become an agri-based entrepreneur.
Originally written for The Hindu, read more at https://www.thehindu.com/features/the-yin-thing/buzzing-with-energy/article4956440.ece