Exhibit 32.2


                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")  Annual Report on Form
10-K for the period ended  December 31, 2004, 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:  March 28, 2005                By:           /s/ Herb Mee, Jr.
                                                      Herb Mee, Jr.
                                          President and Chief Financial Officer