Holofernes Meiersdorf was a halfling that ran the successful Honeyfill Meadworks east of Novigrad in 1272 and was the father of 4 sons: Franklin, Bernie, Hugo, and Rico. However, the last one decided to seek out his own path and left for Novigrad and began to work for the King of Beggars but Holofernes held out hope that Rico would one day return.
However, his bee business ran into a problem when something they called The Apiarian Phantom was destroying bee hives and had killed a farmhand. If Geralt helps him out, he'll learn that it was a lone Wild Hunt hound.