Bees, like many (all?) insects, can't see red but do see into the ultraviolet spectrum.  So yes, bees can see different colors where you see only white.  
   
  If you look at many "plain white" flowers in the near-ultraviolet spectrum, you will actually see that the flower petals are colored like targets - the colors form stars and lines to direct the pollinators to the nectar.  I remember reading an excellent article some years back that included pictures of flowers as seen by humans and as they would be seen by the bee.  They were stunning.  I think it was in Scientific American.


Mike Rossander
 
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