Certainly not something you have to do. Just trying to save you some money. Beekeeping ain't cheap. And two hives are better than one, because resources from one can save the other if something goes awry. I don't know what you paid for your package, but the price of a queen cuts your package price by about 2/3.
While this is a hobby for me, I try to do it without digging to deep into my kick. This last incarnation of my beekeeping hobby turned a hive gifted to me into 3. I bought 10 packages, started all of them with some drawn comb, and split the strong ones again. I combined a few back in the fall, and lost one dink over winter. Still managed to sell over 700lbs of honey, (and I charge a premium price) and gave away another slug to potential customers. Not a bonanza, but I'm being hounded for honey weekly. I'm sure I will sell every bit I get.
My mentor was a commercial beek and although they are a pleasure, they aren't pets to me. Neither do I expect to make my fortune from them. But I do expect them to carry some of the load. No welfare bees here. By the by.... anyone heard from Finski lately?