Background info:
I recently replaced all my old queens. They were installed as queen cells placed in hives whose queens had been removed one day earlier. The new queens were scheduled to emerge within 24 hours.
About two weeks later (Nov. 1) I checked my "success" rate. Six of my seven hives had new queens and the hive without a queen was given a frame of eggs/young larvae to raise a new queen from start, on its own.
Today I checked my hives to see how things were progressing. Five hives were doing well with their queens laying: eggs, open and sealed brood were present. The hive given a frame of eggs/young brood had three nice sealed queen cells. I left them alone to sort things out by themselves, for better or for worse.
However: In one hive I found the bees to be attending to three open queen cells. Inside of one I spotted the developing larva. As I further examined the hive, I saw the young queen calmly parading around on another frame. While her abdomen didn't seem to be fully developed, she had definitely been laying eggs and I also saw normal worker brood developing.
What are your opinions?
1. Should I remove the developing queen cells and attempt to "force" the bees to continue with the queen I gave them or
2. Should I leave the developing queen cells alone and let the bees do as they wish?
3. Should I make the selection of which queen cell to keep and either eliminate the laying queen or leave her and let them fight it out?
4. Any other suggestions?