The stellar content of the bulge of the Galaxy is not well characterized yet, in part due to the high extinction and, therefore, limited access at optical wavelengths. The SDSS-III Apache Point Observatory Galaxy Evolution Experiment (APOGEE) is an on-going near-infrared survey acquiring very high quality spectra (S/N > 100 per pixel, R 22,500) of 100,000 giant stars across the Galaxy. The APOGEE survey will enable a detailed exploration of parts of the bulge that are not chemically well known. We will show preliminary results of the composition of bulge stars collected in the first months of the survey. Metallicity distributions will be presented for different bulge fields and compared with results from the literature, where available.