  We apply the SU(2) slave fermion formalism to the Kitaev honeycomb lattice
model. We show that both the Toric Code phase (the A phase) and the gapless
phase of this model (the B phase) can be identified with p-wave superconducting
phases of the slave fermions, with nodal lines which, respectively, do not or
do intersect the Fermi surface. The non-Abelian Ising anyon phase is a $p+ip$
superconducting phase which occurs when the B phase is subjected to a
gap-opening magnetic field. We also discuss the transitions between these
phases in this language.
