Exhibit 99(b)


                CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002


In connection with The Beard Company's (the "Company")  Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q for the period  ended  March 31,  2003,  as filed with the  Securities  and
Exchange  Commission  on the date  hereof  (the  "Report"),  I, Herb  Mee,  Jr.,
President and Chief  Financial  Officer of the Company,  certify  pursuant to 18
U.S.C.  Section 1350, as adopted  pursuant to Section 906 of the  Sarbanes-Oxley
Act of 2002, that, to the best of my knowledge:

     1.   The Report fully  complies with the  requirements  of Section 13(a) or
          15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

     2.   The  information  contained  in the  Report  fairly  presents,  in all
          material respects,  the financial  condition and results of operations
          of the Company.

Date:    May 13, 2003               By: HERB MEE, JR.
                                        Herb Mee, Jr.
                                        President and Chief Financial Officer