Only buy these bees if you a) get an independent but local beekeepers opinion on the beekeeper in question, and b) have an independent beekeeper examining the colony in the next month or so to see if it is actually viable. Also get the beekeeper to give you a CURRENT varroa count and what she has done with regard to varroa treatment in the autumn. If she is evasive on either an independent inspection by another beekeeper and/or the varroa situation, stay well clear.
As you are fairly new to the area I would join the local beekeepers group for a year first to see how the locals manage theirs before jumping in at the deep end...