Bonaire is an isolated oceanic island at the border of the Guajira-Barranquilla ecoregion which is dominated by tropical dry forest. In this paper we present an overview of the bees of this island mainly based on material collected during the Bonaire Estafette Expeditie in 2022-2023. At present 15 species belonging to 13 genera and 5 families are known to occur on Bonaire. None of these are endemic to the island but three of them seem to be restricted to the Guajira-Barranquilla ecoregion. An analysis is presented of the biogeography and floral host plants. It is expected that fieldwork in other parts of the year will result in the discovery of additional species.