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") Report on Form 10-K for
the period ended December 31, 2006, 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:  April 12, 2006              By:           /s/ Herb Mee, Jr.
                                                      Herb Mee, Jr.
                                          President and Chief Financial Officer