Yes, beekeepers will routinely replace their queens with fresh ones, although queens can last several years. The "farm" in your neighborhood was probably someo

Yes, beekeepers will routinely replace their queens with fresh ones, although queens can last several years. The "farm" in your neighborhood was probably someone breeding queens for sale, which are shipped in a small box with a few worker bees. It could also have been someone selling "nucs" (nucleus colonies) -- basically, starter hives -- although these packages would have been substantially larger.